Florida scientists are using opossums to secretly track invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades-and it's working.

The moment shocked viewers, with many commenters describing it as "terrifying." ...

The event now feels like equal parts wildlife management effort, local tradition, and surreal endurance test.

Here's what we know about the 2026 Florida Python Challenge, how the yearly hunt works and a little bit about last year's winner.

Pythons are spreading north in Florida, adapting to cold by using burrows. Scientists warn Brevard County is at risk.

Every month the South Florida Water Management District challenges contracted hunters to eliminate as many of the invasive snakes as they can.

In the annals of record-breaking animals, there is big, and then there is Florida python big. Leave it to a professional python hunter to encounter one of the more impressive specimens in the history ...