How big they are: Can range from 4 inches (10 centimeters) to over 30 feet (9 meters) There are about 4,000 different snake species in the world today. They occupy a wide range of habitats — some ...

A ball python, also called the royal python, is a less troublesome cousin to the Burmese, and has been eating its way through the Everglades for decades. Ball pythons are native to west sub Saharan ...

There are about 4,000 different snake species in the world today. They occupy a wide range of habitats — some dwell underground while others live high in the canopies of trees, and many spend their ...

The 2024 Florida Python Challenge is now underway. The annual competition aims to rid the Everglades of the Burmese python, an invasive species that poses a threat to the ecosystem. The snake hunt ...

Deep inside Indonesia’s forests, a rescued python stunned experts by stretching longer than any wild snake ever verified, raising new questions about hidden giants, human conflict, and fragile ...

When researchers with the Conservancy of Southwest Florida announced they’d bagged the heaviest Burmese python ever captured in Florida earlier this summer, the catch highlighted a secret weapon in ...

The 2025 Florida Python Challenge yielded 294 Burmese pythons, the most since the challenge began. Taylor Stanberry won the Ultimate Grand Prize of $10,000 for capturing 60 pythons. Michael Marousky ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — The Florida Python Challenge, an annual statewide competition that kicks off Friday, will bring hundreds of snake-hunting professionals and novices to South Florida to hunt ...