For now, the annual Florida Python Challenge takes place at eight competition locations in and around the Everglades, including portions of Collier County. This year's hunt is underway. It started at ...

For Beth Koehler and Peggy Van Gorder, this is how it works: Three days a week they run Hair of the Dog, their dog grooming salon in St. Petersburg, Florida. Then they close up shop, pick up their ...

Wildlife biologist Ian Bartoszek says Southwest Florida has a python problem. “In the last five breeding seasons, we removed 10,000 pounds of python from a less than 40 square mile area. That’s five ...

Caitlin O'Kane is a New York City journalist who works on the CBS News social media team as a senior manager of content and production. She writes about a variety of topics and produces "The Uplift," ...

OCHOPEE, Florida (Reuters) -Amy Siewe was a successful real estate agent -- but her life changed after she captured her first python in Florida's Everglades. "I just had this fascination with snakes.

The 2022 Florida Python Challenge culled a total of 231 of the invasive snakes from South Florida. Close to 1,000 participants from 32 states and as far away as Canada and Latvia fanned out across the ...

The roaming sentinel, a male python named Argo, with a surgically implanted tracking device, needed just three days to lead researchers to the largest trove of pythons found yet in Collier County. It ...

The largest snakes nabbed during Florida’s recent python challenge are being released back into the wild — for now. A handful of the biggest pythons bagged during hunt — including the 11-foot 1-inch ...

The war being waged against Florida's most notorious pest experienced a recent battlefield victory. It's a sign humans could finally be gaining ground against one of the greatest invasions ever to ...

The roaming sentinel, a male python named Argo, with a surgically implanted tracking device, needed just three days to lead researchers to the largest trove of pythons found yet in Collier County. It ...

STUART, Fla. – The war being waged against Florida's most notorious pest experienced a recent battlefield victory. It's a sign humans could finally be gaining ground against one of the greatest ...

The roaming sentinel, a male python named Argo, with a surgically implanted tracking device, needed just three days to lead researchers to the largest trove of pythons found yet in Collier County. It ...