The cells helps the snakes absorb the bones of their prey — and might show up in other animals that chomp their meals whole.

Donna Kalil is a contracted snake hunter who won the 2024 Florida Python Challenge for catching and removing 11 of the invasive reptiles.

Donna Kalil won the bonus in May for removing 16 pythons. The annual Python Challenge, open for registration, runs from July 11-20. The South Florida Water Management District's python hunting ...

Reticulated pythons are the longest snake species on Earth and kill their prey through constriction, coiling around animals and squeezing them to death.

David Lloyd explains being dumbfounded after receiving a call that an approximately 65-pound snake was found in his neighbor's Prince George's County backyard.

Burmese pythons have been spreading through the Everglades National Park since Hurricane Andrew in 1992 destroyed a breeding facility for the pet trade, freeing some 900 snakes.

News A 15-foot loose python terrorized a Garland neighborhood before capture A man was forced to climb atop his truck to escape the snake.

Amy Siewe was a successful real estate agent -- but her life changed after she captured her first python in Florida's Everglades.

The battle against the invasive Burmese python by the Conservancy of Southwest Florida reached a milestone after a record removal season.

A conservation group in Florida announced Monday that its team of python trackers has removed more than 20 tons of the giant, invasive snakes.

Recently, three hunters captured a nearly 17-foot Burmese python, showcasing the kind of experience some participants might get ahead of the event. Justice Sargood, a python hunter from Naples ...