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During the Florida Python Challenge, one family walked away with the competition’s top prize after an impressive showing in ...

Chef Brad Leone catches a giant python in the Everglades with The Python Cowboy, exploring wildlife control and Florida’s unique ecosystem.

Florida's annual python hunt in the Everglades will run Aug. 9-18, Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez announced Thursday morning at a news conference in Miami-Dade County. Burmese Pythons are an invasive species ...

FORT MYERS, Fla. (WSVN) — A Florida teenager’s first time participating in the Florida Python Challenge has secured his place in python-catching history after he helped reel in one of the largest ...

Friday marked the start of the annual Florida Python Challenge, where hunters head into the Everglades to track down invasive Burmese pythons in hopes of grabbing a share of $30,000 in prizes. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ian Bartoszek (right) and research partner Ian Easterling hold up a large female python located by tracking one of their male ...

Florida alligators are opportunistic feeders with a wide-ranging diet. Invasive Burmese pythons are on the gator menu.

There are approximately 1.3 million alligators in Florida. One of them recently made a meal of an invasive, destructive Burmese python in the Everglades. Coincidentally, the alligator ate the python ...

Move over, gators — there’s a new critter at the top of the food chain in the Florida Everglades. Burmese pythons — one of Florida’s most damaging invasive species — have been known to overpower ...