Flanked by a huge writhing snake, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced on Thursday that the annual prize-winning hunt for invasive Burmese pythons in the Florida Everglades will begin Aug. 5. People must ...

While most Florida python hunters are men, Kalil and one of her proteges, Amy Siewe, have proved to be highly effective eradicators. They hunt not to collect trophies, they say, but to help save the ...

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 ...

The invasive Burmese pythons are hurting Florida's Everglades ecosystem. A competition is offering over $30,000 in prizes to attract snake hunters.

A large alligator nicknamed 'Godzilla' was caught on video dragging an enormous Burmese python through the water in the ...

When invasive snakes began killing the Everglades' native wildlife, Florida came up with a plan: bring in bounty hunters. Amy Siewe – or the python huntress as she's also known – is scanning the roads ...

Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has cooked up a unique dish while filming in Florida: Burmese python. Ramsay joined a water management official to hunt the invasive pythons in the Everglades for an ...

Liars, liars: In regard to Kyle Swenson’s January 17 story, “Snake Charmers,” there has never been an attack on a human by a python in the wild. All we need are beer-drinking hicks who have no ...

Story by Darran Simon, CNN Photographs by Scott McIntyre for CNN Donna Kalil couldn’t hear a python slithering in the grass with the wind blowing. But spotting a tunnel-shaped snake trail, she ...

Conservationists in Florida's Everglades are taking increasingly desperate measures to fight back against a slippery problem: A booming population of invasive Burmese pythons that is eating its way ...