Deep in the forests of Florida’s Key Largo, an opossum is being used to find an animal that researchers rarely see coming. Fitted with a small tracking collar and released back into the wild, the ...

The Burmese python has become a symbol of two completely different conservation battles. In Florida, wildlife managers search ...

Hundreds of people participated in the heralded 2026 Florida Python Challenge, a 10-day pursuit in sticky South Florida that pits hunters against the state's most notorious invasive species. This year ...

“The number of invasive pythons removed from the Everglades during the 2026 Florida Python Challenge is a major victory for Florida’s native wildlife and a testament to what can be accomplished ...

The 2026 Florida Python Challenge ended on July 19, and organizers have officially finished tallying the number of bagged snakes. Over 10 days, 907 participants hunted down a collective total of 280 ...

A crowded summer scene on New York’s Coney Island boardwalk took an unexpected turn when an environmental conservation police officer spotted a man showing off two snakes to a group of people, ...

SXSW: Snake hunters from around the world descend upon the Everglades to cull the invasive Burmese python population in a contest that plays out like a Florida-fied "Cannonball Run." You can’t have a ...

The Florida Python Challenge is an annual competition aimed at eliminating invasive Burmese pythons. The challenge takes place in designated breeding grounds in and around the Everglades. While ...

The 2026 Florida Python Challenge saw hundreds of participants compete to remove the invasive species from South Florida. Hunter Tom Rahill won the $10,000 grand prize for catching the most snakes, ...