Searches were most productive between 8 p.m. and 2 a.m. during the wet season.

"At the end, you rely on the luck factor." ...

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

The News-Press and Naples Daily News asked Kodiak Hengstebeck of the FWC 10 questions about this year's Python Challenge.

The annals of Florida's eternal wrangle with invasive species are filled with creative, unique and bizarre techniques for ridding the state of the damaging marauders. Barefoot python hunting, robot ...

The South Florida Water Management District's Python Elimination Program has been a big success since it started in 2025.

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 ...

Social media videos often make python hunting look easy. A hunter spots a snake on the side of the road, jumps out of the ...

The Everglades ecosystem issue of being choked out by pythons has been going on so long that it is now a part of our existing environment. For the last 20 years, our Sunshine State leaders have tried ...

At Wildman's Pizza, visitors stop in for a slice of pie and python hunting history and souvenirs. Many hope to meet Wildman, Dusty Crum.