Florida’s southern wetlands have been overtaken by a predator that does not belong there. Burmese pythons, native to Southeast Asia, have established a breeding population across the Everglades so ...

Asian swamp eels, mucus-covered air-breathing fish that implode marshland food chains from the bottom up, have earned a nasty ...

A pineapple juice marinade for Burmese python meat is an elixir of bromelain that tames and restrains the notorious Everglades invader in a way Florida struggles to do in the wild. Some people prefer ...

Researchers have argued that the species could be more destructive than the invasive Burmese python ...

Florida has a giant invasive snake problem. Naturally, we turned it into a competition with prize money. By Teresa Spencer There are plenty of reasonable ways to spend 10 days in Florida in July. Go ...

Photographer and writer Bob Bramblet is the past president of the Florida Outdoors Writers Association, and he wrote a book called 'Where the Python Sleeps'.

If you're starting to feel like Florida is auditioning to the next setting for a Jurassic Park movie, you're not alone. Just when we got used to seeing those large curly-tailed lizards that arrived in ...

On the marsh-fringed Gulf Coast where a trio of unhurried rivers slug into Charlotte Harbor, a semi-aquatic invader has settled in, taking advantage of Florida’s natural and man hewn waterways. An ...

The dates for the 2026 Florida Python Challenge – the annual 10-day hunt for invasive Burmese pythons – were announced today, May 19, with registration now open. The 2026 python hunt will run from ...

LEE COUNTY, Fla. (WINK)—The Florida Python Challenge begins overnight, sending hundreds of people into the Everglades to hunt invasive Burmese pythons. Last year, 294 invasive Burmese pythons were ...

Months of planning, a remote swamp route and a remarkable discovery helped this determined hunter turn a grueling challenge into victory.