Snake hunters gather in Florida to kill invasive pythons for $25,000 in prizes

On July 10, hundreds of professional and amateur snake hunters entered the annual Florida Python Challenge, a 10-day race to ...

Power records help crack China python breeding case, with 356 snakes found in 2 homes

Suspiciously heavy power use in one eastern China apartment helped authorities uncover a residence where hundreds of pythons were being kept in plastic containers. The case has now ended with prison ...

The Florida Python Challenge Is Back, and It’s Seeking Hunters to Kill Invasive Snakes for a $10,000 Grand Prize

Last year’s winner was Taylor Stanberry, who removed 60 Burmese pythons in the record-breaking 2025 event ...

Pizza for pythons: Florida restaurant owner gives away free pies in exchange for dead snakes

Snakes on a plain? A Florida pizzeria owner is redefining the term “exotic pet trade” by accepting captured Burmese pythons ...

'Big python'. Florida biologists find extra large snake in Everglades

The Conservancy of Southwest Florida python team came across are massive female snake while conducting research in the field ...