It’s tricky to measure a snake, especially in the wild, says Beki Hooper. Given that they are, basically, one long line, this might be a bit of a surprise, but snakes rarely cooperate with a ruler – ...

On their Indonesian island, crested black macaques are hunted for meat, kept as pets, and threatened by a shrinking habitat.

Witnessing enormous reticulated python during field research ...

A 15-year-old girl realized something was wrong when the ceiling above the toilet in her home cracked. The reason later became terrifyingly clear as a giant reticulated python fell from above. The ...

The South Florida Water Management District is now rewarding hunters for removing python eggs and active nests from the ...

Can you use your firearm while competing in the Florida Python Challenge? Here's what to know before it begins.

Every year, hundreds of professional hunters, thrill-seekers, and curious amateurs descend on South Florida for the annual Florida Python Challenge — a 10-day competition aimed at removing invasive ...

The dates for the 2026 Florida Python Challenge – the annual 10-day hunt for invasive Burmese pythons – were announced today, May 19, with registration now open. The 2026 python hunt will run from ...

Conservancy of Southwest Florida biologists caught the heaviest Burmese python ever recorded in the Florida Everglades in ...

Australia's abundance of venomous snakes stems from millions of years of evolutionary isolation and a harsh environment.

Registration is open for the 2026 Florida Python Challenge, a 10-day competition that offers participants a shot at $25,000 in prizes for removing invasive Burmese pythons from the Everglades. The ...

Taylor Stanberry won the 2025 Florida Python Challenge by eliminating 60 Burmese pythons. A record 294 pythons were removed during the 10-day competition. The event drew 934 participants from the U.S.