Guns? Weapons hunters can use in Florida's python challenge

Can you use your firearm while competing in the Florida Python Challenge? Here's what to know before it begins.

Is it legal to snag a Burmese python in a park? Not always

A Florida man was hailed as a hero for catching an 8-foot-long invasive python, and then fined for it. Where is it legal to ...

Scientist sounds alert over Burmese python predations in Naples

Expert at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida topped their own record for the most tonnage of Burmese python removed from ...

Florida Python Challenge coming up. Look back at biggest snakes caught

Conservancy of Southwest Florida biologists caught the heaviest Burmese python ever recorded in the Florida Everglades in 2022. The colossal female python weighed an eye-popping 215 pounds and was ...

Naples scientist, Conservancy document even more Burmese pythons

The situation is dire from an ecological perspective. For years, hunters, hikers and others have for years reported that ...
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Florida-based python program ends season with 177 snakes caught and 4,100 eggs removed

On June 9, the Conservancy said that its biologists and volunteers with the Conservancy’s python action team removed 177 ...