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 program ...

A couple of month ago, Kevin Pavlidis was walking through tall grass on a tiny island in the Florida Everglades when he saw the snake coiled and glowing in the sun — 14.5 feet long and 85 pounds.

Burmese pythons are an invasive species in South Florida, negatively impacting native wildlife and ecosystems. State and federal programs pay contracted hunters to find and remove the invasive snakes ...

SOUTH FLORIDA — Python hunter Aaron Mann caught 87 invasive Burmese pythons in the wild in South Florida in July. That’s more than anyone else participating in the South Florida Water Management ...

Over the past two decades, there have been at least 25 reported Burmese python sightings on the Treasure Coast. There are likely more undetected or unreported. And with burgeoning development, chances ...

Sergio Candido is the managing editor for the South region at cbsnews.com, coordinating multiplatform news coverage for CBS Miami, CBS Texas and CBS Atlanta. He previously worked for outlets including ...

MIAMI (CBS NEWS) – A man captured a massive, record-setting Burmese python in South Florida this week, CBS Miami reports. Kyle Penniston of Homestead, Florida, caught the 17-foot, 5-inch female snake ...

The Conservancy of Southwest Florida wildlife biologists are seen here with a female Burmese python that weighed 215 pounds. The Conservancy of Southwest Florida photo A Burmese python nearly 18 feet ...

An exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at the quest to rid the Everglades of invasive Burmese pythons—including a record-breaking, 215-pound giant. Researchers Ian Bartoszek (left), Ian Easterling, and ...