The 2025 Florida Python Challenge, a competition to remove invasive Burmese pythons, runs from July 11 to 20. The challenge aims to raise public awareness and encourage reporting of python sightings.

Anthony Flanagan is one of several python contractors hired by the South Florida Water Management District for the Python Elimination Program. Here is holding a Burmese python he captured along with ...

Scientists statistically analyzed large amounts of data collected by Burmese python contractors, revealing critical insights about how to most efficiently remove the reptiles. In a groundbreaking ...

The robots mimic the movements and body temperature of real rabbits, a favored prey of pythons. The project is funded by the South Florida Water Management District and builds upon previous research ...

The release — intentional or not — of the invasive Burmese pythons into the fragile Everglades is one of Florida's greatest ecological catastrophes. Pythons are voracious eaters with no native natural ...

New research shows Burmese pythons are more adaptable to cold than previously thought, using burrows to survive freezes. Ecologists warn that while python sightings in Brevard County are few, there ...