Maps Show Spread of Burmese Pythons as Hunting Challenge Begins

Burmese pythons spread beyond the Everglades as Florida's Python Challenge begins, offering $25,000 in prizes.

Florida Python Challenge: 10 questions for expert ahead of competition

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

Great Everglades Snake Hunt Begins Tonight: $25K Up For Grabs Florida Python Challenge

Exactly one minute after midnight tonight, hundreds of hunters will fan out across the Florida Everglades with a single ...

Wildman’s Pizza in Everglades City serves slices, snakeskins

At Everglades City's Wildman's Pizza, visitors stop in for a slice of pie and python hunting history and souvenirs.
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Hunters captured a record-breaking python in the Everglades

In the annals of record-breaking animals, there is big, and then there is Florida python big. Leave it to a professional ...

Florida Python Challenge is back. Why the state wants more snake hunters

The annual Florida Python Challenge is set to begin. Starting at 12:01 a.m. ET July 10 and concluding at 5 p.m. July 19, ...
The New York Times

Climate and Environment

The snails and other mollusks around hydrothermal vents have evolved to thrive in extreme conditions, but mineral extraction could drive more than half to extinction. By Catrin Einhorn An unusually ...