The pythons can consume meals equivalent to 100% of their body mass and have few natural predators. A 2012 study suggested that in Everglades National Park, pythons were responsible for a decline ...

Pythons can eat meals that are more than 100% of their body mass, with a diet of more than 85 species, including deer, rabbits, foxes, bobcats, birds, and other reptiles and native wildlife.

In just over a week, hundreds of python hunters will descend on the Everglades ecosystem in Southern Florida for the state’s annual Python Challenge. Last year 857 participants helped remove 195 ...

She was one of the first 100 hunters hired by the state. She has caught over 500 Burmese Pythons, the biggest one being 17’ 3”, 110 lbs (by herself).

Friday is the first day of the 2025 Florida Python Challenge, when avid and amateur hunters alike can compete for cash prizes as they work to rid the Everglades of the ravenous, invasive Burmese ...

This week's annual python hunt focuses on the Everglades but some of these invasive snakes slither around in Brevard County.