Last year’s winner was Taylor Stanberry, who removed 60 Burmese pythons in the record-breaking 2025 event Bailey Richards is a Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023 and ...

The Florida Department of Health has issued a "do not consume python" advisory due to unhealthy mercury levels. Despite the advisory, it is not illegal to eat python meat in Florida. Some chefs and ...

Florida pays contracted hunters to remove invasive Burmese pythons from the Everglades. Native to Southeast Asia, the pythons have caused a severe decline in native mammal populations. Conservative ...

Note to audience:With the 2026 Florida Python Challenge set to begin on July 10, we are brining back this story from earlier this year about python hunter Carl Jackson, who provided details on how he ...

While Burmese pythons are not venomous, their bites are common and feel like needles tearing through the skin. Invasive pythons have severely impacted Florida's small mammal populations in the ...

Back in January, Burmese python hunter Carl Jackson caught one of the heaviest pythons on record in Florida. His catch, a 16-foot, 10-inch female python hiding in the Big Cypress National Preserve, ...

Last Friday, citing unspecified national security concerns, the White House ordered Anthropic to restrict the export of its powerful AI models Fable and Mythos to anyone outside of the United States, ...

A Florida man was fined $180 for capturing an invasive 8-foot Burmese python in Everglades National Park. While python removal is encouraged in much of Florida, a permit is required to handle wildlife ...