The Everglades, overrun with huge reptiles, is about to host its first-ever open season on snakes. Catharine Skipp nabs her first python—and gets out alive. Plus, read about the preparations for the ...

OCHOPEE, Fla. — Hunters in the Big Cypress National Preserve, near the Florida Everglades, caught a 17-foot long, 140 pound female python, the preserve said Friday afternoon. The record-setting catch ...

The 10th annual Florida Python Challenge kicked off Friday, with more than 800 participants slogging through swampy environs to compete for thousands of dollars in prize money over the next 10 days.

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A giant 198-pound python was caught in Florida, making it the second-largest snake ever to be captured in the state. It took five men to wrangle the 17-foot female Burmese python from a swamp in the ...

EVERGLADES, Florida -- Two South Florida men have quite a story to tell after what they encountered in the Everglades. Two snake trappers got their hands on a 15-foot python on Saturday after the ...