The News-Press and Naples Daily News asked Kodiak Hengstebeck of the FWC 10 questions about this year's Python Challenge.

How big they are: Can range from 4 inches (10 centimeters) to over 30 feet (9 meters) There are about 4,000 different snake species in the world today. They occupy a wide range of habitats — some ...

A ball python, also called the royal python, is a less troublesome cousin to the Burmese, and has been eating its way through the Everglades for decades. Ball pythons are native to west sub Saharan ...

A team of Burmese python hunters caught a record breaking 8,000 pounds in snake this season. Meet the man leading the crusade.

Burmese pythons are recognizable by more than their size. Hunters should be on the lookout for a telltale, arrow-shaped ...

The invasive Burmese python is wreaking havoc with the ecosystem in southern parts of Florida. The state has enlisted hunters to try to help eradicate the menacing snakes, and the 2026 Python ...

The annual Florida Python Challenge is only a few weeks away, but participants will have trouble matching a new record set earlier this month. Between November 2025 and April 2026, researchers removed ...

There are about 4,000 different snake species in the world today. They occupy a wide range of habitats — some dwell underground while others live high in the canopies of trees, and many spend their ...