Tag: Burmese pythons
Meet the female python hunter taking 2nd place for most snakes caught in Florida challenge
The 2024 Florida Python Challenge began at 12:01 am Friday, Aug. 9 and ended at 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 18.In total, 857 participants competed...
Grand prize winner removed 20 Burmese pythons from the wild in Florida challenge
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — It’s official, the Florida Python Challenge this year has a winner.The $10,000 grand prize went to Ronald...
A hunter’s graveyard shift: grabbing pythons in the Everglades
HOLEY LAND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA, Fla. (AP) — It's after midnight when the windshield fogs up on Thomas Aycock's F-250 pickup truck. He...
Researchers develop unexpected solution to fight invasive species wreaking havoc on Everglades: 'The females can lay hundreds of eggs at a time'
In the Florida Everglades, Burmese pythons have caused so much damage to the ecosystem that the state now pays people to hunt and...
No guns: Legal ways to kill a Burmese python in Florida Python Challenge
The Florida Python Challenge is fast approaching, when hunters can sign up to euthanize as many invasive Burmese pythons as possible in 10...