A handful of Naples, Florida, snake hunters and their 19-foot trophy Burmese python made international headlines recently as the snake is thought to be the longest Burmese python caught in the wild.

These hunters couldn't just slither their way out of this one! In order to win a cash prize, they had to face a snake head-on. Hailing from the U.S. and Canada, more than 900 people participated 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. A total of 294 ...

NAPLES, Fla. — A team of biologists recently hauled in the heaviest Burmese python ever captured in Florida, officials said. The female python weighed in at 215 pounds (98 kilograms), was nearly ...

An unlikely team of five strangers banded together and took down a nearly 200-pound invasive Burmese python in the Florida Everglades on Friday — and it could be one of the largest snakes the state ...

A hypothetical showdown between a reticulated python and a green anaconda reveals the anaconda as the likely victor. Despite the python's length, the anaconda's superior weight, muscular build, and ...