Pythons can tolerate saltwater and freshwater and have been observed swimming in Florida Bay and Biscayne Bay.
Python hunter Kevin Pavlidis won for the third time in 2025. The competition is sponsored by the South Florida Water ...
Good luck finding pythons, the invasive species that has been slithering around the Everglades for years and destroying the ecosystem. But just because pythons are difficult to find doesn't stop ...
If they reach the ecosystem's carrying capacity in the Everglades, the pythons will spread, and that likely means into ...
Taylor Stanberry became the first woman to win the Florida Python Challenge in 2025. She captured 60 invasive Burmese pythons during the 10-day competition. Stanberry, a Naples native, has over a ...
There was some big snake news in 2025. Taylor Stanberry, a Naples native, was the 2025 Florida Python Challenge winner and the first woman to ever win the competition. She captured 60 of the invasive ...
Florida’s 10-day Python Challenge is underway as hunters take to the Everglades for glory, a $10,000 prize, and to help rid the state of its invasive Burmese python problem. According to the FWC, the ...
Hunter Kevin Pavlidis wins big in December's python elimination challenge by capturing 17 Burmese pythons, including the longest one at 17 feet, 3 inches.
The airboat engine with long metal rods at the front sputtered to a stop as researchers stood ready with long nets off Tamiami Trail. In the afternoon sun, electrodes dipped into the shallow, ...
Ian Easterling, a biologist with the Conservancy of Southwest Florida, captured a 153-pound female Burmese python, one of the largest caught in Florida in 2025. Conservancy of Southwest ...
It was one Christmas visitor that didn’t overstay its welcome. A Burmese python that had been spotted in a Miami-Dade neighborhood was removed just days before Christmas after a resident out for a ...
A large alligator was filmed dragging a massive Burmese python in Florida's Everglades National Park. The alligator was estimated to be 10 to 12 feet long, while the python appeared to be nearly twice ...