South Florida has an ongoing Python Elimination Program in which trained agents hunt and remove many of the tens of thousands of invasive pythons living in the state’s wilderness. In an attempt to ...
Burmese pythons – destructive invasive snakes with few natural predators in Florida – are fairly distinct once they reach adulthood. But smaller members of the species can be mistaken for native ...
The 2025 Python Challenge removed a record 294 invasive Burmese pythons from Florida ecosystems. The winner, Taylor Stanberry, removed 60 Burmese pythons and took home a $10,000 prize. The ...