The Everglades is fighting back. That gives me hope,” Bartoczek said. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved.

The Florida Python Challenge is a 10-day competition created by FWC to encourage participants to remove pythons from seven ...

Biologists tracking a big python found it dead, chewed up and buried. They launched into a CSI-like investigation that ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has announced the dates for the 2025 Florida Python Challenge. What to ...

By Ryan Arbogast Click here for updates on this story COLLIER COUNTY, Florida (WBBH) — What was supposed to be a routine python-tracking mission turned into a whodunnit deep in the Florida Everglades, ...

The dates for the 2025 Florida Python Challenge are set. Take a look at the longest and heaviest Burmese pythons ever caught ...

Both snakes aren’t venomous. The ribbon snake uses speed and hiding to stay safe, while the python uses its strong body to squeeze and overpower its prey. Ribbon snakes live near water in North ...

It will end on Aug.18 at 5 p.m. Earlier this year Python Huntress Amy Siewe encountered a couple of snakes that had no intention of being caught. In other words, they put up a fight. More ...

The annual event to help combat the invasive Burmese python is held in August. The FWC is holding a news conference to ...

Assess its behavior. Is it in fight or flight mode? Pythons in flight mode are easier to deal with. Step 2: Pin the python. It's best to approach a python from behind, so they can't see.