The 2024 Florida Python Challenge is now underway. The annual competition aims to rid the Everglades of the Burmese python, an invasive species that poses a threat to the ecosystem. The snake hunt ...

A family in Cleveland, Australia, called in a professional snake catcher to remove the reptile Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has ...

It sounds like a jungle version of the 1981 film "The Cannonball Run", or possibly some type of reality show about fancy computer coding. Instead, it's even more strange, with hunters from across the ...

Dates for the 2025 Florida Python Challenge, a 10-day event aimed at removing invasive Burmese pythons, have been announced ...

A massive snake was found hiding in a very unusual place, having tucked itself up behind one of the wheels of a car. The Australian snake's rescue from its dangerous secret spot was performed by snake ...

They’re gonna need a bigger rope. Another day, another behemoth serpent rearing its head amid Florida’s Burmese python invasion. This time, Panhandle python hunters made hiss-tory after corralling a ...

Burmese pythons, a non-native snake, has proliferated across more than a thousand square miles of South Florida.

Donna Kalil won the bonus in May for removing 16 pythons. The annual Python Challenge, open for registration, runs from July 11-20. The South Florida Water Management District's python hunting program ...