Florida hunts Burmese pythons, but Bangladesh is tracking them to save them; scientists are using radio tags to understand the threatened snake

The Burmese python has become a symbol of two completely different conservation battles. In Florida, wildlife managers search ...
Smithsonian Magazine

This 15-Foot Python Is the First Known Snake to Receive Electrochemotherapy for Cancer. Now, She’s Officially Free of the Disease

The pioneering treatment makes it easier for traditional chemotherapy drugs to penetrate cancer cells. After the procedure, ...

See it: Massive python puts snake catcher to the test in South Carolina

A difficult night unfolded for a snake catcher in South Carolina after he struggled to capture a huge python slithering along ...

Python challenge grand prize winner snags 96 snakes along with $10,000

More than 900 contestants vying for the $10,000 grand prize scoured South Florida for 10 days during the 2026 Florida Python ...

Florida Python Challenge: Longest snakes caught added up to 33 feet

Three python hunters received $1,000 for catching the longest snake in their division during the 2026 Florida Python Challenge.
VICE

Florida Is Attacking Its Python Problem With Snake Leather Shoes

Florida never ceases to amaze. Governor Ron DeSantis announced that the state’s latest effort to control the Burmese python problem in the Everglades involves turning the snakes into handbags, belts, ...
Panda

For Palestinian snake charmer pythons 'part of family'

A lot of fathers would prefer their two-year-old daughters not to ride a giant Burmese python down the street like a pony -- but not Jamal Amwasi of Ramallah.The 35-year-old Palestinian civil servant ...