Maps Show Spread of Burmese Pythons as Hunting Challenge Begins

Burmese pythons spread beyond the Everglades as Florida's Python Challenge begins, offering $25,000 in prizes.

Florida trackers bushwhack through swarming bugs to reach 10-foot python guarding her eggs

Near Everglades Holiday Park, a Florida python tracker reached a nesting Burmese python only after forcing his way through thick vegetation and clouds of mosquitoes on a small art ...

Snakes of Florida: 8 Species you're most likely to encounter and how to identify them

Florida has one of the richest populations of snakes in the United States since there are dozens of snake species that ...

6 venomous snakes live in Florida. Here's how to identify them

From rattlesnakes to copperheads and cottonmouths, Central Florida is home to six venomous snakes. Here's what to watch out ...

Win $10,000 for hunting giant Burmese pythons: Inside Florida's unusual annual snake hunt

A giant snake once kept as an exotic pet can become a serious ecological problem when it enters the wrong environment. In the ...

Florida Python Challenge is back. Why the state wants more snake hunters

The annual Florida Python Challenge is set to begin. Starting at 12:01 a.m. ET July 10 and concluding at 5 p.m. July 19, ...

In Photos: Scientists snag Everglades python eggs for invasive species research

See scientists wrangling the invasive snakes.