A majority of the constrictors caught and counted during this year’s Florida Python Challenge were hatchlings. “We actually ...

Months of planning, a remote swamp route and a remarkable discovery helped this determined hunter turn a grueling challenge into victory.

In a recent 10-day event in Florida, an impressive total of 280 invasive Burmese pythons were captured and removed. Tom Rahill led the charge by personally securing 96 of these snakes, earning him the ...

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 ...

The 2026 Florida Python Challenge, a 10-day competition to remove invasive snakes, has concluded. Hunters competed for $25,000 in cash prizes, including a $10,000 grand prize for removing the most ...

As a genre, the “award acceptance lecture” is little more than a formality and a banality. But there is at least one charming exception to this rule—the talks given by the foremost computer scientists ...

The Florida Department of Health has issued a "do not consume python" advisory due to unhealthy mercury levels. Despite the advisory, it is not illegal to eat python meat in Florida. Some chefs and ...

While Burmese pythons are not venomous, their bites are common and feel like needles tearing through the skin. Invasive pythons have severely impacted Florida's small mammal populations in the ...