Every year, Florida hosts the "Python Challenge." And every year, the 10-day event attracts hunters to the Everglades to help curb the invasive species. But some hunters capture the snakes year-round.

Florida hosts the "Python Challenge." The 10-day event attracts hunters to the Everglades to help remove the invasive Burmese ...

Burmese pythons are spreading northward from their established breeding range in the Florida Everglades. Crossbreeding with ...

The largest captured Burmese python in Florida was 18 feet long. The non-native, invasive species are predators that can kill everything from field mice to deer and from cats to dogs. Here's what ...

Inside are ten samples of stomach contents from Burmese pythons captured in the Florida Everglades. The majority of Dove’s work involves identifying birds hit by planes, a long-standing problem ...

The slithering creatures are one of the largest snakes in the world and can grow 6-9 feet long. The largest captured Burmese ...

Through all the state's efforts, over 23,000 pythons have been removed since 2000, including 917 from the hunt alone, according to FWC. Yet trappers have caught less than 1% of Florida’s python ...