A Burmese python population has emerged in Southwest Florida, raising fresh concerns about the invasive predator's spread.
Eric Suarez, research program coordinator for University of Florida Croc Docs, holds a female python during a research trip ...
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Get ready, snake hunters: Florida's $25,000 python challenge is back in the Everglades
The event also draws attention to the risks of releasing nonnative pets into the wild.
Brandon Welty, a python researcher with Croc Docs, holds up an antenna and receiver to track where a male python during ...
Python tacos? Python pizza? 'Chicken of the Glades?' Florida considered making invasive snakes a food source. Then science ...
Florida's python problem is widely tied to people importing exotic pets and releasing or losing them into the wild.
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Florida's 1,000 would-be python killers are heading into the Everglades for a $10,000 prize
Anyone joining the 2026 Florida Python Challenge must register and complete an online training course.
A giant snake once kept as an exotic pet can become a serious ecological problem when it enters the wrong environment. In the ...
A large alligator was filmed dragging a massive Burmese python in Florida's Everglades National Park. The alligator was estimated to be 10 to 12 feet long, while the python appeared to be nearly twice ...
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