Kevin Pavlidis helped capture an 18-foot reticulated python in Puerto Rico after the invasive snake was spotted strangling a ...

Hundreds of people participated in the heralded 2026 Florida Python Challenge, a 10-day pursuit in sticky South Florida that pits hunters against the state's most notorious invasive species. This year ...

Late in 2025, deep in Indonesia's Maros region of Sulawesi, a discovery stunned wildlife experts and conservationists. A female reticulated python was formally measured at 7.22 meters, 23 feet 8 ...

The Florida Python Challenge is an annual competition to remove invasive Burmese pythons. Tom Rahill won the $10,000 grand prize for removing 96 pythons. The longest python caught during the ...

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(WSVN) - From python problems to purses. A group of women in South Florida are taking Everglades conservation in a new direction. 7’s Heather Walker joins the hunt in this 7Spotlight. Pythons are ...

The 2026 Florida Python Challenge saw hundreds of participants compete to remove the invasive species from South Florida. Hunter Tom Rahill won the $10,000 grand prize for catching the most snakes, ...

Next to winning the $10,000 grand prize for the annual Florida Python Challenge, capturing and eliminating the longest python during the competition comes with some serious bragging rights. The grand ...