What is a ball python? Meet the 'nice cousin' to the Burmese snake

What is a ball python? And why isn't this 'nice cousin' to the Burmese hunted during the Florida Python Challenge? We explain ...
Palm Beach Post

Florida python challenge: Why state recommends not eating invasive snakes

Editor's note: This story originally published in 2024. Python hunter Bayo Hernandez prefers his snake ground up like hamburger meat with ketchup, mustard, and mayo. Another hunter fancies the ...
NBC 6 South Florida

Pythons Are Eating Alligators and Everything Else in Florida. Snake Hunters Stand Poised to Help

The Florida Python Challenge, an annual statewide competition that kicks off Friday, will bring hundreds of snake-hunting professionals and novices to South Florida to hunt what wildlife officials are ...
AZ Animals

A Python Grabbed a Mongoose … and Then 10 More Showed Up

Mongooses are known for their mob mentality when killings predators or prey (such as snakes). Together, they can easily kill ...
Texans Wire

In Florida Everglades clash, gators are eating invasive pythons

Florida alligators are opportunistic feeders with a wide-ranging diet. Invasive Burmese pythons are on the gator menu.