Veteran python hunter Donna Kalil was optimistic this year she would take home the $10,000 grand prize in the 2024 Florida Python Challenge. Kalil, a contract hunter with the South Florida Water ...

The snake’s head was as big as a garden spade, lunging at hunter Mike Kimmel once, twice, before sinking its recurved teeth into his arm causing blood to spurt in rhythm with his racing heart. Alone ...

THE EVERGLADES, Fla. — A famed python hunter just put a major dent in the invasive snake population in the Everglades National Park. Donna Kalil posted on Facebook that she and her “Everglades ...

Hillbilly Dave Hackathorn, of Waverly, holds a Burmese python he captured in the Florida Everglades. Hackathorn will be in the first episode in Season 5 of “Swamp People: Serpent Invasion” at 9:30 p.m ...

Editor’s note: Bill Kearney, who covers the environment for the South Florida Sun Sentinel, headed out to the Everglades, where he experienced a python hunt … of the canine kind. I’m on my hands and ...

It’s 10 p.m. on the fifth night of the 2023 Florida Python Challenge, and Amy Siewe is cruising nearly 11 feet above the pavement on her new “snake deck.” It’s a modified perch on the back of her ...

When one of the hunters tried to grab the invasive snake, it came out of the tree at him, video shows. Video screengrab It’s increasingly common to find Burmese pythons in high grass in South Florida, ...

The 2024 Florida Python Challenge began at 12:01 am Friday, Aug. 9 and ended at 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 18. In total, 857 participants competed in the 2024 snake hunt challenge from 33 states and Canada.

Editor's note: This story originally published in 2020. The 2024 Florida Python Challenge is currently underway until Aug. 18. The snake’s head was as big as a garden spade, lunging at hunter Mike ...