Donna Kalil is a contracted snake hunter who won the 2024 Florida Python Challenge for catching and removing 11 of the invasive reptiles. In just over a week, hundreds of python hunters will descend ...
The Florida Python Challenge is a 10-day competition to remove invasive Burmese pythons. The competition raises awareness of the threat these snakes pose to the Everglades ecosystem. Burmese pythons ...
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — Louisiana is home to different kinds of nonvenomous and venomous snakes. There are 55 species and sub-species of snakes, seven of which are venomous, according to Brad ...
Burmese pythons are hunted and “humanely euthanized” in the Florida Everglades due to being an invasive species. They were introduced through the exotic pet trade, experts say. FWC photo by Kevin Enge ...
A menagerie of cold-blooded creatures drew visitors to Albany's Capital Center on Sunday. They came to visit rooms full of lizards, snakes and turtles for the Reptile Expo. Mauro DeLuca, 7, of ...
Tracking a single male python through protected wetlands led biologists to one of the largest breeding females captured this year.
If they reach the ecosystem's carrying capacity in the Everglades, the pythons will spread, and that likely means into ...
QUEENSLAND, Australia -- Let's play a game of spot the snake. Snake catching company Sunshine Coast Snake Catchers in Australia shared a photo of six flower pots on its Facebook page last week asking ...
These hunters couldn't just slither their way out of this one! In order to win a cash prize, they had to face a snake head-on. Hailing from the U.S. and Canada, more than 900 people participated in ...