‘Beautiful Stranger’ by artist Laura Sharpe is made using leather from invasive Burmese pythons caught in Florida.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Friday marked the start of the annual Florida Python Challenge, where hunters head into the Everglades to track down invasive Burmese pythons in hopes of grabbing a share ...

The non-native snakes are overrunning Florida and must be eliminated. Fashion designers are determined to make sure their ...

Lord spends his time living between the Florida Keys and Arkansas studying Burmese pythons. The work required Lord to haul live pythons in his Subaru for 21 hours up to the lab in Arkansas — after ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Friday marked the start of the annual Florida Python Challenge, where hunters head into the Everglades to track down invasive Burmese pythons in hopes of grabbing a ...

One of Florida's most anticipated events of the year is almost here — the 2025 Florida Python Challenge. The Burmese python is a large, nonvenomous constrictor snake that is an invasive species ...

Burmese pythons were imported into the US in large numbers between the 1980s and early 2000s, mainly for the exotic pet trade. Many owners, unprepared for the snake’s immense size and care ...

On "The Florida Roundup," Stephen Hall, author of "Slither: How Nature's Most Maligned Creatures Illuminate Our World," talks about the cultural significance of the slinky reptiles.