Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Taylor Stanberry, right, with her husband Rhett Stanberry holding a Burmese python they caught in the Everglades. Taylor won the ...

Biologists and volunteers with the Conservancy of Southwest Florida pulled 177 invasive Burmese pythons weighing a combined 8,080 pounds out of a 200-square-mile stretch of Collier County during the ...

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Tom Rahill spent months mapping out a strategy for the 2026 Florida Python Challenge, his ADHD fueled genius making calculations for the drought, the competitors and the calendar in his scheme. For ...

A team of biologists recently hauled in the heaviest Burmese python ever captured in Florida, officials said. The female python weighed in at 215 pounds (98 kilograms), was nearly 18 feet long (5 ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – Hunters from all over the world are in the Everglades right now, competing to bring in the most Burmese pythons before the Florida Python Challenge wraps up on July 19. News 6’s Matt ...

Three python hunters received $1,000 for catching the longest snake in their division during the 2026 Florida Python Challenge.

A giant Burmese python in Florida could potentially swallow a deer weighing more than 120 pounds, according to a study that found the invasive snakes can eat larger prey than scientists once believed.

In Florida, the Burmese python has established itself as “a slithering menace that is wiping out species”, Galante says.

Tom Rahill won the 2026 Florida Python Challenge by capturing 96 snakes, earning him the $10,000 grand prize. Rahill used e-bikes to travel deep into the Everglades, where he found a 17-foot female ...