Amy Siewe was a successful real estate agent -- but her life changed after she captured her first python in Florida's ...

With a team of first-time python hunters, Benoit led the group through the darkness of the Everglades ... in the fight against the Burmese python population. Dozens of wildlife biologists ...

Imagine stepping into the heart of the Florida Everglades ... ensuring rapid population growth. It’s a combination of traits that few native species can match, making the python a near-perfect ...

Florida Python Challenge is about to begin, promising hunters a shared $25k in prizes while protecting the Everglades.

Burmese pythons are too good ... by the U.S. Geological Survey, their population has exploded in only 20 years from a few snakes at the southern tip of Everglades National Park to an invasion ...

The prize was $10,000. A 2012 study suggested that in Everglades National Park, pythons were responsible for a decline of 85% to 100% of the population of medium-sized animals such as raccoons and ...

A Burmese python sits in the grass ... the U.S. Geological Survey, their population has exploded in only 20 years from a few snakes at the southern tip of Everglades National Park to an invasion ...

Studies indicate pythons have annihilated the Everglades’ mammal population, with some species — such as marsh rabbits and foxes — entirely gone. They also go after amphibians, reptiles and ...

SNAKE HUNTERS HEAD BACK INTO THE EVERGLADES TOMORROW ON ... FOR THE PERSON WHO TAKES IN THE MOST PYTHONS. BUT AS FAR AS ELIMINATING THE PYTHON POPULATION HERE, JUST REMEMBER TENS OF THOUSANDS ...

SXSW: Snake hunters from around the world descend upon the Everglades to cull the invasive Burmese python population in a contest that plays out like a Florida-fied "Cannonball Run." You can’t ...