The state is offering a free “Python Patrol” course to learn how to identify, catch and humanely kill pythons.

So you want to bag a Burmese python, the invasive serpent with giraffe-like markings that has turned the Florida Everglades into its personal buffet?

Amy Siewe, a seasoned python huntress, shared crucial safety tips for participants. "The problem right now is that we've got thousands of baby python hatchlings coming out," said Siewe.

Prizes a lot bigger in 2024 Florida Python Challenge for snakes hunted this August Florida's annual python hunt in the Everglades will run Aug. 9-18, Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez announced in May at ...