FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A hunter shooting a gun to kill a python? Forbidden. What about freezing the snake to kill it? Prohibited. A python run over by a car? Not allowed. These types of killings have ...

A Florida woman caught 60 snakes in the state's annual 10-day challenge to eliminate the invasive Burmese python species wreaking havoc with the Everglades ecosystem. More than 900 people participated ...

The annual Florida Python Challenge is back. The event offers hunters from across the country the chance to win a $10,000 Ultimate Grand Prize for removing the most invasive Burmese pythons from the ...

OCHOPEE, Florida (Reuters) -Amy Siewe was a successful real estate agent -- but her life changed after she captured her first python in Florida's Everglades. "I just had this fascination with snakes.

Conservation chiefs in Florida are offering $30,000 in prizes in a competition to help catch and kill an invasive species of python that harms the Everglades. Burmese pythons were first introduced to ...

Caitlin O'Kane is a New York City journalist who works on the CBS News social media team as a senior manager of content and production. She writes about a variety of topics and produces "The Uplift," ...

Editor’s note: Bill Kearney of the South Florida Sun Sentinel recently headed out to the Everglades, where the state’s annual Python Challenge is underway. I pull up at dusk to a half-dozen kids ...

The Everglades ecosystem issue of being choked out by pythons has been going on so long that it is now a part of our existing environment. For the last 20 years, our Sunshine State leaders have tried ...

The Python Challenge sounded like a pretty bad idea. In reality, it was probably worse than most people imagined. Late last year, the state of Florida announced it would host a first-ever Python ...