Preserving what's left of a python after its caught and killed requires a great deal of time, skill and patience.

Last year, Taylor Stanberry caught 60 Burmese pythons with her bares hands—a state record. But this self-taught hunter says she doesn't enjoy killing the snakes, she just knows it's a necessity.

For Beth Koehler and Peggy Van Gorder, this is how it works: Three days a week they run Hair of the Dog, their dog grooming salon in St. Petersburg, Florida. Then they close up shop, pick up their ...

There are way more pythons than hunters to remove them in Florida. But the ones that do kill them can be paid full-time by ...

As python hunters head out into the Everglades for the 2026 Florida Python Challenge, many of them will feel the bite of the ...

It's important for new or wanna-be python hunters to understand the basics when it comes to eliminating the invasive ...

The annual amateur Florida Python Challenge gets hoopla and cash, but scientists harvest the real goods: tons of snakes and ...