What is a ball python? And why isn't this 'nice cousin' to the Burmese hunted during the Florida Python Challenge? We explain the details.

What is a ball python? And why isn't this 'nice cousin' to the Burmese hunted during the Florida Python Challenge? We explain the details.

A Lehigh Acres family found themselves in a slithery situation when a friendly ball python decided to crash their pool party.

The number of Python Challenge participants has fluctuated through the years including a high of nearly 1,600 in 2013. Meet the 2025 winner, Taylor Stanberry.

Stanberry, of Naples, is a contract hunter with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. She said she has been hunting pythons for 10 years but this was the first year she entered the ...

A father and daughter on a hunting expedition in the Florida Everglades found two piles of pythons within hours of each other, video shows. Video screengrab A team of hunters searching for ...