Editor’s note: The state invited reporters to catch snakes Wednesday in advance of next year’s Everglades Python Challenge. Here’s David Fleshler’s first-person account. The instructor ...

We circle a large pond, hoping to catch ... python heading for the water about 20 feet away. “Here, hold this,” he barks, handing me the back end of the writhing monster. Fobb runs off to try ...

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Florida is letting you join the state’s python battle, soon offering an online ... get involved in conservation efforts include helping raise awareness about invasive species, getting involved ...

The Florida Python Challenge is a 10-day competition created by FWC to encourage participants to remove pythons from seven commission-managed lands in South Florida. Participants can win prize money.