For Beth Koehler and Peggy Van Gorder, this is how it works: Three days a week they run Hair of the Dog, their dog grooming salon in St. Petersburg, Florida. Then they close up shop, pick up their ...

Volunteer members of the "Swamp Apes" patrol through Florida's Everglades National Park searching for invasive pythons in the Chekika area of the park on Saturday Oct. 4, 2014. In the foreground is ...

This as-told-to is based on a conversation with 29-year-old Taylor Stanberry, the grand prize winner at the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s 2025 Florida Python Challenge. The ...

In Florida, hunters have successfully caught and removed hundreds of pythons as part of official conservation efforts.

There are many types of hunts and hunting seasons in the United States, but Florida may have the most interesting hunt in the ...

Taylor Stanberry of Naples took home first place in the 2025 Florida Python Challenge. She catches invasive Burmese pythons year-round as a contractor with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ...

Florida wildlife officials released more information about the 2026 Florida Python Challenge, which brings hunters from all ...

World-renowned snake catchers are in Florida to help capture pythons invading the Everglades. The group. from the Irula tribe in India, has removed 13 snakes in just 8 days. The Florida Fish and ...

A Durban fisher made an unexpected slippery catch of the day: a 2.5m-long python. Dwayne Boshoff said shortly after the sail past on the first day of the Durban Ski Boat Club Festival on Friday, he ...