The News-Press and Naples Daily News asked Kodiak Hengstebeck of the FWC 10 questions about this year's Python Challenge.

Years of snake-tracking data reveal the conditions that boost success and that could be incorporated into an app to aid in hunting Burmese pythons.

Florida is sending people in the Everglades to hunt for giant snakes — and it could net one person $10,000 - The invasive species is one of the largest snakes in the world ...

It's a busy time of year for eliminating invasive Burmese pythons in Florida and earning money for doing it. On Friday (July 10) the Florida Python Challenge started. For the next 10 days, hunters ...

Photographer and writer Bob Bramblet is the past president of the Florida Outdoors Writers Association, and he wrote a book ...

On July 10, hundreds of professional and amateur snake hunters entered the annual Florida Python Challenge, a 10-day race to remove as many of the invasive animals as possible from the Everglades. The ...

The app will use years of data to predict when and where hunters are most likely to find the invasive snakes. Previous research found the best time to hunt is between 8 p.m. and 2 a.m. during the wet ...