Florida wildlife officials and researchers are turning to an unusual high-tech weapon in the fight against invasive Burmese ...

Asian swamp eels, mucus-covered air-breathing fish that implode marshland food chains from the bottom up, have earned a nasty ...

An invasive species, identified as the Asian swamp eel, is threatening Florida wildlife and causing concern for the ecosystem ...

Florida has a giant invasive snake problem. Naturally, we turned it into a competition with prize money. By Teresa Spencer There are plenty of reasonable ways to spend 10 days in Florida in July. Go ...

FLORIDA, USA — Numbers are in for Florida's 2026 Python Challenge. The annual challenge, hosted by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, is designed to raise awareness about invasive ...

More than 900 participants helped remove 280 invasive Burmese pythons from South Florida during the 2026 Florida Python Challenge, according to the FWC. Tom Rahill won the grand prize of $10,000 by ...

Thomas Rahill captured 96 invasive Burmese pythons to win the grand prize in the 2026 Florida Python Challenge. FWC After spending 10 days trekking through the Everglades, Thomas Rahill captured 96 ...

Tom Rahill, founder of Swamp Apes, handles a Burmese python at Everglades Holiday Park in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on April 25, 2019. RHONA WISE/AFP via Getty Images A 69-year-old professional python ...

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The Florida Python Challenge is an annual competition to remove invasive Burmese pythons. Tom Rahill won the $10,000 grand prize for removing 96 pythons. The longest python caught during the ...