Florida residents and visitors might expect to see the occasional alligator on a golf course or beach and perhaps even lizards falling from trees now and then, but a recent wildlife encounter in the ...

There are approximately 1.3 million alligators in Florida. One of them recently made a meal of an invasive, destructive Burmese python in the Everglades. Coincidentally, the alligator ate the python ...

A Florida man with near-unmatched gumption for slaying snakes was awarded $1,000 through a new state incentive system for capturing a staggering 87 invasive pythons in just one month. Aaron Mann ...

When it was all said and done Wednesday, a woman emerged as the top snake slayer of the 2025 Florida Python Challenge. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) announced Taylor ...

The 2025 Florida Python Challenge yielded 294 Burmese pythons, the most since the challenge began. Taylor Stanberry won the Ultimate Grand Prize of $10,000 for capturing 60 pythons. A total of 294 ...

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Southwest Florida biologists wrangled the largest Burmese python yet to be captured in the state of Florida. A team of three hauled it from the Picayune Strand State Forest to the ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WFLA) — Governor Ron DeSantis shared the spotlight Tuesday with an 11-foot Burmese python, making it clear the fight to protect the Everglades from invasive species only continues.

Invasive species are among the most significant threats to the United States’ native wildlife, biodiversity, and fragile ecosystems. Defined as non-native organisms that cause environmental, economic, ...

Burmese pythons are an invasive species in South Florida, negatively impacting native wildlife and ecosystems. State and federal programs pay contracted hunters to find and remove the invasive snakes ...