Each year, the challenge brings together wildlife officials, seasoned python hunters, and volunteers to restore Florida's ...

Donna Kalil, 60, of Kendall, Fla., a python removal agent contracted by the South Florida Water Management District, with an 8.5-foot python she caught west of Miami. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles ...

Python hunting is a new territory in the wildlife guiding business, leading adventurous visitors on excursions to find the giant invasive constrictors that have overrun the Everglades.

Donna Kalil, a contract hunter for the South Florida Water Management District, nabbed 56 snakes during the Python Challenge between July 11 and July 20. She brought in 19 during the 2024 contest when ...

More: Python 'hot spot' identified in Palm Beach County by University of Florida study Why hunt Burmese pythons? Florida earnestly began hunting pythons in about 2012.

The pursuit of invasive Burmese pythons in South Florida led to the alarming discovery when four females were captured at a ...

Python hunting is a new territory in the wildlife guiding business, leading adventurous visitors on excursions to find the giant invasive constrictors that have overrun the Everglades.

The new movie “The Python Hunt” follows the Florida Python Challenge: A 10-day competition to remove the most pythons from the Everglades.

Python hunters work the night shift —clocking in at sundown and hunting till dawn to track their quarry, which lays low during the sweltering heat of summer days.

Florida wildlife tracker takes blind dog python hunting in dark swamp, and the dog ends up catching a 9-foot snake, video shows.

EVERGLADES, Fla. – After catching 41 pythons in the Everglades, retired law enforcement officer Charlie Dachton of Southwest Ranches was named the Grand Champion of this year’s Florida Python ...

Story by Darran Simon, CNN Photographs by Scott McIntyre for CNN Donna Kalil couldn’t hear a python slithering in the grass with the wind blowing. But spotting a tunnel-shaped snake trail, she ...