Thomas Rahill claimed the top prize in Florida's 2026 Python Challenge after removing 96 Burmese pythons from the Everglades. Participants removed 280 invasive snakes during the annual conservation ...

Native ecosystems can lose stability when invasive animals take over.

Burmese pythons in Florida are devouring animals as small as rabbits and as big as deer and alligators. How they do it is fascinating and unsettling.

A population that may now exceed 500,000 Burmese pythons began with just hundreds of escaped and released snakes, including around 900 hatchlings after Hurricane Andrew in 1992. Growing to 18 feet ...

Every summer, hundreds of hunters descend on the Florida Everglades chasing cash prizes and invasive Burmese pythons, but this year one competitor left the rest so far behind that officials had to ...

Burmese pythons are recognizable by more than their size. Hunters should be on the lookout for a telltale, arrow-shaped ...

Wildlife officials believe the new python population started because of snakes that were released or escaped from captivity ...

This year's Florida Python Challenge was July 10-19 at eight designated locations in south Florida. More than 900 hunters ...

Ahead of the Florida Python Challenge in July 2026, see what the bite of the snakes' powerful jaws looks like.

Tom Rahill, the 69-year-old veteran hunter, won this year's Florida Python Challenge by catching 96 pythons individually, Fox ...