As Eric Suarez and Brandon Welty pulled their duo of airboats off to the side of an island in the Everglades, this spot looked no different from the rest of the canal. But inside was one of the most ...

In South Florida’s wetlands, the fight against an invasive predator is on. As Burmese pythons continue to threaten native ...

There’s a snake in the Everglades that no one native to Florida ever asked for. The Burmese python didn’t slither up from the Caribbean or ride a hurricane in from Asia. We brought it — through the ...

Easy” is not the first word that would describe tracking down invasive Burmese pythons in the dense sawgrass of the Florida ...

New AI research helps hunters zero in on the pythons doing the most damage in Florida's Everglades.

Thomas Rahill captured 96 invasive Burmese pythons to win the grand prize in the 2026 Florida Python Challenge. FWC After spending 10 days trekking through the Everglades, Thomas Rahill captured 96 ...

The 10-year study, published last week in the journal Ecology and Evolution, was conducted by U.S. Geological Survey researchers who examined the tail tissue of over 400 snakes captured in South ...

The hunt for invasive Burmese pythons in the Florida Everglades is officially returning this summer, state officials announced today. The 2026 Florida Python Challenge will begin at 12:01 a.m. on ...