Xander Robin has been making movies for years. But the director had never filmed anything quite like this: 10 grueling nights hanging out with amateur snake hunters in the Florida Everglades. The Palm ...

EVERGLADES, Fla. (CBS12) — In just a few weeks, the 2025 Florida Python Challenge will begin, offering an opportunity for people to help protect Florida's native wildlife and pocket their share of $25 ...

Every year, Florida hosts the "Python Challenge." The 10-day event attracts hunters to the Everglades to help remove the invasive Burmese pythons from the local ecosystem. It is organized by the ...

The South Florida Water Management District's python incentive program has eliminated nearly 100 Burmese pythons in six months. Matt Kogo removed 13 pythons in June, earning a $1,000 award. The ...

The famous quote from the movie Jaws is "You're gonna need a bigger boat." This line is spoken by Chief Martin Brody (played by Roy Scheider) to Quint (played by Robert Shaw) during the film. The line ...

(WSVN) - The annual Florida Python Challenge is underway with hundreds of hunters competing for the championship prize. With no natural predators in Florida, the Burmese pythons are on these hunters’ ...

The 2025 Florida Python Challenge has begun, as hunters gear up to gather and compete for the champion title. According to the Python Challenge’s website, the invasive reptile poses an ecological ...

OCHOPEE, Fla. (CBS12) — Snake hunters, the race is on to protect Florida’s native wildlife by killing as many Burmese pythons as possible – and potentially bring home a share of $25,000 in prize money ...

MIAMI (AP) Florida is hiring more python hunters and expanding the area where they can stalk the invasive snakes. The South Florida Water Management District started paying minimum wage to 25 hunters ...

The python's head was as big as a garden spade, lunging at hunter once, twice, before sinking its recurved teeth into his arm.

The largest of the four female pythons captured on the island was around 15 feet in length and she was still full of eggs, according to Mike Kimmel, known as the Python Cowboy. Screengrab from Python ...

Three Florida men caught a 16-foot, 8-inch Burmese python weighing 105 pounds near Everglades City. The massive snake was captured and ethically dispatched after being spotted on the road. The famous ...