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Florida Python Challenge: Could drones help control invasive snake population one day?
The 2025 Florida Python Challenge, a competition to remove invasive Burmese pythons, runs from July 11 to 20. The challenge ...
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These six python hunters have combined to capture almost 100 invasive snakes in 2025
June's winner, Matt Kogo, captured 13 pythons. This brings the total for 2025 to 95 pythons eliminated. Photos: Winners for python incentive program ...
These five python hunters have combined to capture almost 100 invasive snakes in 2025
The South Florida Water Management District's new incentive program seems to be working with nearly 100 snakes eliminated so ...
Python Challenge nears: Want to kill a Burmese python in Florida? Keep your gun holstered
Florida wants you to kill as many of the invasive Burmese pythons as you can during the 10-days contest in July. But you ...
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10 Fascinating Snake Facts That Will Change How You See These Creatures
Ophidiophobia (the phobia of snakes) is one of the more common phobias psychologists treat today. Some researchers posit that ...
6,300 pounds of pythons: What one group pulled from the Florida wilderness
The Conservancy of Southwest Florida removed a record amount of invasive Burmese pythons from the wilderness areas this year. They found the big females by tracking males hoping to mate with them.