Note to readers: The News-Press and Naples Daily News recently caught up with Amy Siewe, famously known as the Python Huntress. Siewe gave a lecture at J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge ...

FWC: McKayla Spencer, the Nonnative Fish and Wildlife Program Coordinator for the FWC, told us snake species, such as the Burmese python, have multiple ways to smell and process scent.

Python Q&A: Huntress shares her No. 1 lesson learned from wrangling the invasive snake Mark H. Bickel and Andrew West, Fort Myers News-Press Wed, March 26, 2025 at 9:03 AM UTC ...

Q. Can a Burmese python smell? FWC: McKayla Spencer, the Nonnative Fish and Wildlife Program Coordinator for the FWC, told us snake species, such as the Burmese python, have multiple ways to smell ...

Note to readers: The News-Press and Naples Daily News recently caught up with Amy Siewe, famously known as the Python Huntress. Siewe gave a lecture at J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge ...

The annual Florida Python Challenge offers over $25,000 in prizes to hunters removing invasive pythons. Hunters employ various maneuvers, sometimes called the "Python Dance," to capture the snakes ...

The challenge aims to reduce the invasive Burmese python population in South Florida ecosystems. Prizes are awarded for capturing the most pythons, with the top prize being $10,000 in 2024.

Note to readers: The Naples Daily News and News-Press are asking experts questions about Burmese Pythons in 2024. The invasive snake is wreaking havoc with the ecosystem in southern parts of Florida.

And she should know. She's been on the wrong end of a python's bite many times. In this video, you can see where a python bit Siewe on her arm: Video: This is what python bite looks like ...