The largest python snake nest in Florida history was removed from a well-known wildlife area earlier this month, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. A 13 foot and ...

Burmese pythons are among the largest snakes in the world. Adult animals average between 10 and 16 feet long, according to the University of Florida. The large, nonvenomous constrictor snakes are ...

Taylor Stanberry, 29, of Naples, was the Ultimate Grand Prize winner in the 2025 Burmese Python Challenge. Stanberry captured 60 of the invasive snakes, including 30 hatchlings, and won $10,000 for ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. Florida ...

The largest Burmese python ever seen in Florida has been captured in the Everglades, according to National Geographic. Florida researchers found the nearly 18-foot long, 215 pound female python, the ...

A team of Florida wildlife biologists captured the largest Burmese python ever discovered in the state, officials announced Thursday. The gargantuan female serpent, considered an invasive species in ...

THE NIGHT STARTED LIKE SO MANY OTHERS. I was cruising down U.S. 41 in my pickup truck, looking for snakes. I stood in the bed, shining a spotlight on the pavement, while my buddy Joe Sewell drove the ...

OCHOPEE, Fla. -- An 18-foot python is now the second largest python ever caught in the wild in Florida. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Python Action Team members Cynthia Downer and ...

Read full article: Florida, federal wildlife officials prepare to aid manatees ‘in the years to come’ Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis holds a news conference near Miami on Thursday, June 16, 2022. Read full ...