The annual Python Challenge, aimed at reducing the invasive Burmese python population in the Florida Everglades, kicked off Aug. 9 and wraps up Aug. 18. It may seem like a well-intentioned effort to ...

This year’s Florida Python Challenge drew more than 1,000 hunters down to the Everglades. Coming up tops as the grand-prize winners were a boy, his grandpa and his dad, who joke they’re just the ...

Every month the South Florida Water Management District challenges contracted hunters to eliminate as many of the invasive ...

Researchers are using tracking collars on opossums to find the invasive Burmese pythons in Florida. We explain how it's done.