The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) announced the champion of the 2025 Florida Python Challenge, who captured 60 Burmese pythons, contributing to a record total of nearly 300 ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has crowned a winner in the state’s annual Python Challenge, a competition that tasks hunters with removing invasive ...

The annual python challenge hosted by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission starts Friday. The Burmese python is an invasive species in Florida, first discovered in Everglades National ...

When Burmese python hunters in the annual Florida Python Challenge catch and humanely kill the invasive snake, their job is only partially done. There is a carcass to deal with. Sometimes, a very ...

Python hunter Dustin “Dusty” Crum says he has unfinished business in winning another title. He’s vowing to catch the largest snake this year. He’s among the reptile wranglers who’ll converge on the ...

For the animals and plants native to the Florida Everglades, the removal of invasive species like the Burmese python is a tough job that someone’s got to do. But for many military veterans who help ...

Read full article: ‘Stuff went down:’ Florida woman finds escaped inmate in her car FILE - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis answers questions from the media, March 7, 2023, at the state Capitol in ...

Python hunter Bayo Hernandez prefers his snake ground up like hamburger meat with ketchup, mustard, and mayo. Another hunter fancies the slithering scourge of the Everglades in a stir fry or chili.

STUART, Fla. (CBS12) — Burmese pythons have been rampant in South Florida since the 1990s, when they started breeding in the Everglades. That's why the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ...