Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tom Rahill won $10,000 for removing 96 pythons, while Rahm Levinson caught the longest snake at 16 feet 5 inches The annual event ...

At least 10 states either ban or severely restrict the ownership of Burmese pythons. It's still unclear if the owner of a ...

Florida’s invasive Burmese pythons can swallow native deer and alligators completely, according to a new study – as a jaw-dropping video showed one of the snakes taking down a deer in one gulp. A ...

The 2026 Florida Python Challenge saw hundreds of participants compete to remove the invasive species from South Florida. Hunter Tom Rahill won the $10,000 grand prize for catching the most snakes, ...

Florida never ceases to amaze. Governor Ron DeSantis announced that the state’s latest effort to control the Burmese python problem in the Everglades involves turning the snakes into handbags, belts, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. There have been multiple documented incidents where large ...

Burmese pythons can consume prey even larger than scientists realized, according to a new study published in the journal Reptiles & Amphibians. That means more animals are on the menu across southern ...

Ball pythons were long assumed to be solitary, but scientists discovered the snakes in captivity prefer each others’ company when given the chance to live socially. By Asher Elbein The ball python ...

Tom Rahill won the annual event, earning $10,000 for removing 96 Burmese pythons from South Florida The 2026 Florida Python Challenge drew 907 participants from 30 states, Canada and Vietnam Tom ...

The results of the 2026 Florida Python Challenge have been revealed. The annual event, which invites hunters to South Florida to humanely kill invasive Burmese pythons, ran from July 10 to 19 in 2026, ...