A New Guinea snake was just named after Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash, tracing back to a herpetologist's childhood magazine.
It's not common for someone to find a python in their backyard or garage in Florida, but if they do there are steps to follow ...
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 ...
For years, the Everglades was known for its tangled wetlands, alligators and an abundance of smaller mammals moving through ...
Tom Rahill won the 2026 Florida Python Challenge by capturing 96 snakes, earning him the $10,000 grand prize. Rahill used e-bikes to travel deep into the Everglades, where he found a 17-foot female ...
Nearly 300 Burmese pythons were removed from the Florida Everglades during the annual Florida Python Challenge. “Removing Burmese pythons from this ecosystem is critical to the survival of the native ...
Tom Rahill holding a Florida-native water snake as he searches for Burmese pythons in August 2022.Photograph: Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty Images The winner of this year’s annual Florida Python Challenge ...
The 2026 Florida Python Challenge saw hundreds of participants compete to remove the invasive species from South Florida. Hunter Tom Rahill won the $10,000 grand prize for catching the most snakes, ...
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