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The ten-day annual Florida snake hunt is now underway. Here's what to know before slithering over to the Everglades.
The python's head was as big as a garden spade, lunging at hunter once, twice, before sinking its recurved teeth into his arm.
Donna Kalil, a contract hunter for the South Florida Water Management District, nabbed 56 snakes during the Python Challenge ...
One python huntress who won a prize in the 2025 Python Challenge has taken a sabbatical from her corporate job to pursue her passion.
Recent sightings and captures of invasive Burmese pythons at Florida homes were caught on video. Are they invading urban ...
Twenty five python hunters get paid $8.10 an hour to drive, hike and crawl in the hot and humid Everglades, looking for snake dens and wrestling the big beasts to the death.
Python hunting can even become a full-time job. FWC’s Python Action Team pays an hourly wage plus a bonus based on the length of each snake removed to professional python bounty hunters.
Burmese pythons pose a huge threat to native species in the Florida Everglades. Officials have used creative methods to ...
Florida wildlife officials are launching a snake hunting mission to help curb the growing population of Burmese pythons, which have started to slither their way out over the Everglades and invade ...
If you think you’ve got what it takes to forage through the Everglades and wrestle a 10-foot Burmese python into submission, Florida has a job for you.
Donna Kallil and the Everglade Avengers with their giant python. Professional snake hunter Donna Kalil partnered with Marcia Carlson Pack and Jayna Parsley Corns to capture a massive 16-foot Burmese ...