Python hunter Bayo Hernandez prefers his snake ground up like hamburger meat with ketchup, mustard, and mayo. Another hunter fancies the slithering scourge of the Everglades in a stir fry or chili.

The new year started off with a bang when a python hunter caught a 202-pound female python. That's a lot of meat to eat. But ...

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 what wildlife officials are ...

Scientists in Florida shared a remarkable moment this week: a Burmese python swallowing a 77-pound white-tailed deer whole. The video, recorded by wildlife biologist Ian Bartoszek of the Conservancy ...

NAPLES, Fla. (WFLA) — Burmese pythons are unwanted and taking over the Everglades. An estimated half a million of these ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The incident took place in October 2020. The reticulated python sought to defend itself by constricting the Burmese python but ...

The Burmese python is already considered a destructive force in the South Florida ecosystem. A new collaborative study that the Conservancy of Southwest Florida in Naples was part of has revealed ...

A dramatic video shows how python hunter Carl Jackson wrestled with a 200-pound snake that he estimates dragged him 10-15 feet.

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – A new study conducted by biologists with the Conservancy of Southwest Florida reveals that Burmese pythons are capable of consuming larger prey than scientists previously realized ...

The South Florida Water Management District started its second year of the python elimination program. One hunter has stood ...

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 ...

For thousands of years, snakes have been used in art, literature, religious texts and more. From Adam and Eve's temptation in the Garden of Eden to Medusa with her hair of snakes that turned anyone ...