Florida Python Challenge, July 11-20, 2025, has hunters trying to eliminate invasive Burmese snakes. Do they attack or kill humans? Are they venomous?

We collected some of the wildest photos from the Florida Python Challenge, held annually to help conserve native critters.

Invasive species — whether snakes, plants, or insects — throw ecosystems out of balance. While the Everglades' problem is on ...

Q. In a recent column you said bushmasters are the largest pit vipers in the world. I was told pit vipers have vertical ...

As the Florida Python Challenge gets closer, let's take a look at the largest Burmese pythons caught in Florida.

Four of the snakes were found on June 13 and 14, and a fifth was spotted by a shocked motorist last Saturday in the Twigmoor ...

"It takes a lot out of [pythons] to reproduce, and she had everything she needed. I had fed her a really big meal, 40 pounds [18 kilograms] of chicken. She was living in an exhibit larger than the ...

We removed over 1,500 pythons, big pythons, weighing over 42,000 pounds. 21 tons of snake have come from this area with two biologists and a few interns and volunteers. You can't make this up.

We removed over 1,500 pythons, big pythons, weighing over 42,000 pounds. 21 tons of snake have come from this area with two biologists and a few interns and volunteers. You can't make this up.