Florida’s 10-day Python Challenge is underway as hunters take to the Everglades for glory, a $10,000 prize, and to help rid the state of its invasive Burmese python problem. According to the FWC, the ...

The South Florida Water Management District held a python hunt in December with cash prizes. Kevin Pavlidis won multiple awards, including for most pythons captured and the longest python. The ...

December's Florida python champ hauls in 17 snakes Hunter Kevin Pavlidis wins big in December's python elimination challenge by capturing 17 Burmese pythons, including the longest one at 17 feet, 3 ...

Florida held its first black bear hunt in nearly a decade, with 52 bears killed out of 172 permits issued. The hunt created a deep divide between hunters and animal rights activists, who debated the ...

Experts believe the snakes may be dispersing from the Everglades as their population grows, using connected waterways as highways. While not considered an overwhelming threat to humans, pythons can ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission has not released detailed information about the 52 bears killed statewide. Florida's first bear hunt in a decade did not result in a business increase for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ten days before Christmas, a distraught South Florida homeowner called Michael Ronquillo about a snake in her neighbor’s yard.

ORLANDO, Fla. – Most people who won permits to participate in the first Florida black bear hunt since 2015 came away empty-handed. Jeff Nemeth wasn’t one of them – he and his son harvested a 503-pound ...

The invasive snakes are excellent swimmers and can hold their breath for up to 30 minutes. Pythons may increasingly be found in residential backyards and urban areas adjacent to these waterways.

Florida’s first state-sanctioned black bear hunt in a decade finished on December 28th, 2025. Arguments and backlash about this hunt immediately followed. Supporters of Florida’s black bear hunt ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A massive Burmese python coils tightly around the armored body of a large crocodile during an intense struggle in a muddy river.© ...