Florida is home to a highly unique ecosystem. The warm and moist environment isideal for large invasive snakes. Among other tactics, Florida has launched a resident python hunting program. Florida is ...

Although removing Burmese pythons is both her profession and something she deeply cares about, snake hunter and guide Amy Siewe, also known as "The Python Huntress," does not take part in Florida's ...

Florida has a snake problem or rather, Florida has a people-and-snakes problem. The snakes are doing exactly what they've always done. It's the people who keep wandering into their space, panicking, ...

The FWC will announce all of the winners of the 2026 Florida Python Challenge, including the grand prize winner this week in ...

Florida is home to 46 native snake species, 4 invasive species, and 6 types of venomous snakes. The Everglades are known for a large population of invasive Burmese pythons, which can grow over 15 feet ...

Python tacos? Python pizza? 'Chicken of the Glades?' Florida considered making invasive snakes a food source. Then science stepped in.

Also known as the "Python Huntress," Amy Siewe calls the annual Florida Python Challenge 'a circus and counterproductive.' Here's why.

According to the Bible, the world’s first con man was a snake. It deceived Adam and Eve, leading them to commit the first sin, which is how we wound up living in this messed-up world we have now. I ...

Florida is home to 46 native snake species, with several lakes known for high snake populations. The Everglades are notable for the invasive Burmese python, which has thrived for decades. Lake ...

Florida residents may see more snakes in the spring and summer as the weather warms. You can trap a nuisance snake in your yard, but it must be released legally or euthanized humanely within 24 hours.