Record-breaking 19-foot-long Burmese python captured in Florida A woman has been found dead inside the belly of a snake after it swallowed her whole in central Indonesia, a local official said ...

When invasive snakes began killing the Everglades' native wildlife, Florida came up with a plan: bring in bounty hunters.

A Florida woman caught 60 snakes in the state's annual 10-day challenge to eliminate the invasive Burmese python species wreaking havoc with the Everglades ecosystem. More than 900 people ...

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.

The Burmese python, a non native species to Florida, was first recorded in the Sunshine State in the 1990s. Its exact population size is unclear.