In Photos: Scientists snag Everglades python eggs for invasive species research

See scientists wrangling the invasive snakes.
Sun Sentinel

This year’s Florida Python Challenge winner wrangled 28 snakes. Here’s how the teen did it.

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 ...
Phys.org

Calling all snake hunters—Florida opens registration for this year's Python Challenge

Have you ever wanted to become a snake hunter in the Florida Everglades? Now's your chance. Gov. Ron DeSantis announced registration is open for the state's 2022 Python Challenge at a news conference ...
NPR

Encore: Florida's python challenge does little to reduce the invasive species impact

The Everglades is filled with pythons. And last week, 950 hunters tried to kill them. The python challenge is a state-sponsored hunt for one of Florida's biggest invasive headaches, the Burmese python ...
News 6 WKMG

Rollins College student finds 17-foot-long python in Florida Everglades

Read full article: Gov. DeSantis previews 2022 Florida Python Challenge First Lady Casey DeSantis (in red) holds an invasive python along with other state leaders in Miami. Read full article: First ...
NPR

Want to hunt pythons in Florida this summer? This professional has tips

Starting later this summer, hundreds of hunters will disperse across Florida's Everglades. Their target? An apex predator known to grow up to 18 feet that hunts animals as large as an alligator and ...