In this first person column from 2024, a Naples resident shared details of his first-ever python hunt and what he learned.

A ball python receives careful handling as her keeper gently moves her away from her eggs. Using only a paper towel, the breeder creates space while allowing the snake to remain calm during the ...

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 ...

On July 10, hundreds of professional and amateur snake hunters entered the annual Florida Python Challenge, a 10-day race to remove as many of the invasive animals as possible from the Everglades. The ...

SXSW: Snake hunters from around the world descend upon the Everglades to cull the invasive Burmese python population in a contest that plays out like a Florida-fied "Cannonball Run." You can’t have a ...

Carpet pythons are familiar Australian snakes, often unnoticed due to effective camouflage. These non-venomous reptiles ...

Burmese pythons are recognizable by more than their size. Hunters should be on the lookout for a telltale, arrow-shaped ...

There are thousands, if not tens of thousands of Burmese pythons slithering around in the grass and bushes in Florida. No one knows for sure, but it's a lot invasive snakes and the population has been ...

Years of snake-tracking data reveal the conditions that boost success and that could be incorporated into an app to aid in ...

Burmese pythons are scarcely recorded in Lee County, but experts say the data is a faulty reflection of the invasive species' ...