It looks like the South Florida Water Management District's Python Elimination Program is off to a great start after 10 Burmese pythons were eliminated in 10 days. With a combined length of almost 100 feet for all of the captured pythons, the hunters received almost $2,000 in cash for their hard ...

A video of a young girl swimming with her pet albino burmese python is making the rounds again. I have a hard enough time spotting a small snake in the wild, much less swimming with a behemoth like this. The snake, named Sumatra, has been to hundreds of birthday parties and many schools. She's ...

The 2016 Python Challenge has officially ended and announced the winners of the competition. Declared a success by the FWC, more than 1,000 hunters from 29 states participated, removing 106 snakes for their shot at some $16,000 awarded over various categories. 2016 Python Challenge from My FWC ...

Tom Rahill has become something of a legend for capturing snakes with his team. He was hooked after he tracked and captured his first Burmese in 2008. During this basking season, Rahill hopes to capture as many Burmese as possible. The snakes aren't venomous, but they pose a major threat to the ...

As many as 300,000 pythons occupy southern Florida. The United States even banned Burmese pythons from entering the country recently, but the already existing population continues to grow. They can be as large as 23 feet long and weigh up to 200 pounds. In the early winter of 2013, nearly 1,600 ...