The 2024 Florida Python Challenge is now underway. The annual competition aims to rid the Everglades of the Burmese python, an invasive species that poses a threat to the ecosystem. The snake hunt ...
Residents of downtown Los Angeles were recently shocked to discover a gigantic 20-foot python in a dumpster near an apartment complex. Locals originally thought the snake was fake, but further ...
On a fall day in Gainesville, Georgia, Justin Kobylka, the forty-two-year-old owner of Kinova Reptiles, was preparing to cut open two clutches of snake eggs. He was hoping to hit upon some valuable, ...
Taylor Stanberry of Naples took home first place in the 2025 Florida Python Challenge. She catches invasive Burmese pythons year-round as a contractor with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ...
'Anytime you catch something bigger than 14 feet, it’s not a snake anymore, it’s a monster,' said Donna Kalil, a licensed Florida python hunter. Mike Kimmel goes by the social media moniker Python ...
The Papuan Olive Python, Apodora papuana, is a large, non-venomous snake native to New Guinea, distinguished by its rare ability to change skin color, similar to chameleons. This adaptation aids ...
Editor’s note: Bill Kearney, who covers the environment for the South Florida Sun Sentinel, headed out to the Everglades, where he experienced a python hunt … of the canine kind. I’m on my hands and ...
Recently, a python was found tucked inside the engine compartment of a tractor-trailer parked near a Miami residence The nonvenomous constrictor snakes are native to South Asia, but since being ...
When python researchers Ian Bartoszek and Ian Easterling tracked a male “scout snake” with a radio transmitter, they expected him to lead them to a big female Burmese python. What they found was much ...