The South Florida Water Management District announced the August winners for its Python Elimination Program and the bonus ...

One species, the Burmese python, is wreaking havoc on the Everglades, and if left alone much longer, it will change the balance of nature in the delicate ecosystem perhaps forever. In response, the ...

The South Florida Water Management District's Python Elimination Program awards cash prizes to python removal agents. Kevin Pavlidis was the top winner for November, earning $2,500 for removing the ...

The South Florida Water Management District's python incentive program has eliminated nearly 100 Burmese pythons in six months. Matt Kogo removed 13 pythons in June, earning a $1,000 award. The ...

Tom Rahill, along with winning the 2026 Florida Python Challenge, also won the South Florida Water Management's elimination program competition.

A Florida man with near-unmatched gumption for slaying snakes was awarded $1,000 through a new state incentive system for capturing a staggering 87 invasive pythons in just one month. Aaron Mann ...

MIAMI (CBSMiami) — Five-thousand invasive Burmese pythons have been captured and removed from the Florida Everglades, which marks a milestone since the state started paying hunters to track them down ...

Agents from both the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Center and South Florida Water Management Division broke the record for the longest Burmese python found in the state. RELATED:Florida ...

Everglades wildlife is a little safer, now that the longest python ever measured in Florida has been caught and killed. Hunters Ryan Ausburn and Kevin Pavlidis nabbed the record-breaking specimen, the ...

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It’s official. An invasive Burmese python captured in the Everglades over the weekend has broken the state record measuring 18.9 feet long. The previous record was 18.8 feet long. Ryan Ausburn, a ...