Scientists are experimenting with robotic rabbits in hopes of luring the destructive snakes out of hiding so they can be ...

Version 2.0 of the study will add bunny scent to the stuffed rabbits if motion and heat aren’t enough to fool the pythons.

If an alligator poses a threat to people, pets or property, call the Nuisance Alligator Hotline at 866-FWC-GATOR ...

While snakes are common throughout South Florida, frequent sightings of venomous snakes are rare, said Coleman Sheehy, with the Florida Museum of Natural History’s Division of Herpetology.

Florida wants you to kill as many of the invasive Burmese pythons as you can during the 10-days contest in July. But you ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is set to launch its annual campaign to remove invasive snakes from ...

Florida’s Poison Control Centers keeps track of snake bites reported in Florida. Over 900 people have reported snake bites in the last three years. That’s almost a bite per day.

A snake handler pulls an eastern diamondback rattlesnake, the most venomous in North America, from a gopher hole. An eastern diamondback recently bit an Amazon delivery driver in Palm City, Florida.

FWC said this time of year is ideal for holding the Python Challenge because hatchlings are emerging from eggs.

South Florida has now produced the two longest Burmese pythons on record. The previous record was 18 feet, 10 inches, and that snake was caught about 35 miles west of Miami in October 2020.

Florida Python Challenge, July 11-20, 2025, has hunters trying to eliminate invasive Burmese snakes. Do they attack or kill ...

Filling Florida's niche. Relative to areas like South America's Amazon, Florida is a young area, ecologically. It only emerged from the seas several thousand years ago, while areas like the Amazon ...