Native ecosystems can lose stability when invasive animals take over.

Thomas Rahill claimed the top prize in Florida's 2026 Python Challenge after removing 96 Burmese pythons from the Everglades. Participants removed 280 invasive snakes during the annual conservation ...

Every summer, hundreds of hunters descend on the Florida Everglades chasing cash prizes and invasive Burmese pythons, but this year one competitor left the rest so far behind that officials had to ...

Recently, at the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) August Commission Meeting, the FWC and partners ...

By exploiting the snakes' mating behavior, a team in southwest Florida removed a record 8,080 pounds of invasive pythons in ...

Tom Rahill won the annual event, earning $10,000 for removing 96 Burmese pythons from South Florida ...

Tom Rahill captured 96 Burmese pythons in Everglades National Park in just 10 days, but his real mission involved a veteran ...

Wildlife officials believe the new python population started because of snakes that were released or escaped from captivity ...

The Florida Python Challenge invites enthusiasts to actively combat the invasive Burmese python population. Each year, ...

Burmese pythons in Florida are devouring animals as small as rabbits and as big as deer and alligators. How they do it is fascinating and unsettling.

On July 10, hundreds of professional and amateur snake hunters entered the annual Florida Python Challenge, a 10-day race to remove as many of the invasive animals as possible from the Everglades. The ...

Researchers are using new AI technology to detect and catch invasive species in South Florida — tools that they say save time ...