As many as 300 Burmese pythons were removed during a record-setting Florida Python Challenge this year, state wildlife officials told NBC. The 10-day competition that ran from July 11-20 resulted in a ...

The Florida Python Challenge is an annual competition to remove invasive Burmese pythons from South Florida. The event aims to raise public awareness about the threat invasive species pose to the ...

Florida has deployed a new weapon in the Everglades’ ongoing crusade against the invasive and prolifically deadly Burmese python: an army of robot rabbits. Stanberry claimed $10,000, FWC’s top prize ...

Burmese pythons, a non-native snake, has proliferated across more than a thousand square miles of South Florida.

Floridians could be see cooler weather in time for the holidays later this month. However, could it be deadly for invasive ...

Mario Ramos was named the September winner of the South Florida Water Management District's Python Elimination Program. Ramos captured 34 invasive Burmese pythons, earning a $1,000 bonus. A total of ...

They look, move and even smell like the kind of furry Everglades marsh rabbit a Burmese python would love to eat. But these bunnies are robots meant to lure the giant invasive snakes out of their ...

A 15-foot Burmese python was caught swallowing a “full-sized” deer in Southwest Florida, proving the invasive apex predators are ambushing and eating bigger prey. The python was 115 pounds and the ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Over 200 invasive Burmese pythons were removed from south Florida this year during the 2022 Florida Python Challenge, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission ...

The predator might soon become the prey if Florida scientists can confirm that Burmese pythons -- an extremely invasive species in the Everglades -- are safe for us to eat. The Florida Fish and ...