Biologists in South Florida ended the latest Everglades breeding season with a record-setting round of Burmese python removals. Using tagged "scout snakes" to locate breeding females, the team removed ...

For now, the annual Florida Python Challenge takes place at eight competition locations in and around the Everglades, including portions of Collier County. This year's hunt is underway. It started at ...

The Conservancy’s python tracking team made the first capture of the breeding season with scout snake #118 “Snaquan” in November 2025, removing a 17-foot, 148 lb female python. Conservancy of ...

Ian Bartoszek may know more about Burmese pythons than anyone who has ever walked Earth. Program director for the Conservancy of Southwest Florida's world-renowned Burmese python capture and removal ...

For months, he and his team had watched the snake using a transmitter and a trail camera. “I’m just kind of following this ...

A team of Burmese python hunters caught a record breaking 8,000 pounds in snake this season. Meet the man leading the crusade.

LOOKING after more than 300 snakes on a rural farm, Augusta Sacchetta says she knows every one of her slithery critters’ ...

Florida's annual effort to tackle one of the world's most notorious invasive species is returning this July, but wildlife ...

Over four tons of invasive Burmese pythons have been removed from Southwest Florida ecosystems during this breeding season.