The latest weapon in Florida to catch Burmese pythons is one you may not expect; a furry robot rabbit. Here are six things to ...

Lord spends his time living between the Florida Keys and Arkansas studying Burmese pythons. The work required Lord to haul ...

On Friday morning at Everglades Holiday Park, Darren Bergmair and Pete Gutzmann, friends who traveled here from Fort Myers, learned how to catch a snake, namely the ubiquitous Burmese Python ...

A new way Burmese python researchers are learning how snakes affect the Florida Everglades Conservationists have tried everything to catch pythons from using traps, tracking devices, robot bunnies ...

How to catch a Florida python in the Everglades A scene from the 2025 documentary "The Python Hunt," which follows amateur snake hunters during the 2023 Florida Python Challenge.

The SFWMD hunters are paid $10 to $15 an hour, depending on the area they are hunting, for up to 10 hours a day. They're also paid $50 for each python they catch, up to the first 4 feet. Any python ...