Can you use your firearm while competing in the Florida Python Challenge? Here's what to know before it begins.

A new documentary called "The Python Hunt" follows amateur snake hunters during the annual Florida Python Challenge. The film, shot in the Everglades, won a Special Jury Prize at the South by ...

Nothing says Florida quite like a state agency-sponsored event where participants can win $10,000 in cash by hunting and ...

Wildlife biologists in Collier County removed 177 Burmese pythons this breeding season, totaling over 8,000 pounds of snakes, the most since the program began 13 years ago. Ian Bartozsek, a wildlife ...

The months from March through October require a certain level of vigilance outdoors that the winter months don’t call for, though particularly warm winters can demand the same caution. It’s ...

A record four tons of invasive Burmese pythons removed from Southwest Florida this season has highlighted the Conservancy of Southwest Florida’s aggressive, science-driven effort to protect native ...

As America’s auto debt nears $1.7 trillion, repossessions are reaching levels not seen since the Great Recession. Inside an ...

The homeowner called Snake Catcher Dan to remove the coastal carpet python from her bathroom, where the snake ended up after spending the night in the home Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE.

Eating its prey can be a process for a python, which is why it relies so heavily on its jaw to get the job done, including ...

Ian Bartoszek may know more about Burmese pythons than anyone who has ever walked Earth. Program director for the Conservancy of Southwest Florida's world-renowned Burmese python capture and removal ...

Naples, a city along the southwest coast of Florida, is plagued by one of the most capable creepy predators on the planet.