The goal is to develop tools, like a smartphone app, to help python hunters be more efficient in the field. A quantitative ...

It's been more than three years since the record for longest python ever caught in Florida was set. Could there be longer ...

Florida researchers are using innovative high-tech bunny stuffies to lure invasive Burmese pythons out of hiding in the Florida Everglades.

The hatchling-heavy count hints at a bigger trend in the Everglades: Burmese pythons are still spreading and reproducing. That helps explain why Florida crews are putting more focus on nests, eggs, ...

There are plenty of reasonable ways to spend 10 days in Florida in July. Go to the beach. Find a pool. Sit directly in front of an air conditioner and refuse to move until October. Or you can drive ...

The results are finally in from Florida's annual Python Challenge, and one hunter put together a performance unlike anything the competition has seen before. Held July 10-19, the 10 day event drew ...

Thomas Rahill captured 96 invasive Burmese pythons to win the grand prize in the 2026 Florida Python Challenge. FWC After spending 10 days trekking through the Everglades, Thomas Rahill captured 96 ...

Tom Rahill, founder of Swamp Apes, handles a Burmese python at Everglades Holiday Park in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on April 25, 2019. RHONA WISE/AFP via Getty Images A 69-year-old professional python ...

The Florida Python Challenge is an annual competition to remove invasive Burmese pythons. Tom Rahill won the $10,000 grand prize for removing 96 pythons. The longest python caught during the ...

Bob Bramblet is a Lee County Sheriff's Office employee, outdoorsman, and award-winning writer. He hunts invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades to protect native wildlife. Bramblet has written a ...

Winner of a Special Jury Award at last year’s SXSW, Xander Robin’s directorial debut, The Python Hunt, is a documentary that has to be seen to be believed. Set in Florida’s Everglades, it follows the ...