They look, move and even smell like the kind of furry Everglades marsh rabbit a Burmese python would love to eat.

Scientists have discovered a new type of cell that helps Burmese pythons digest the entire skeletons of their prey.

The python's enormous size suggests that it's a female, as male pythons tend to grow to only about 14 feet. Prescott also said that a snake expert had told them that this female was "loaded with ...

MIAMI - A team of biologists recently hauled in the heaviest female Burmese python ever captured in Florida, officials said. The python weighed in at 215 pounds (98 kilograms), was nearly 18 feet ...

Not only did Taylor Stanberry become the first woman to win the Florida Python Challenge, but she did it in record style.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has announced the results of the 2025 Florida Python Challenge, ...

Taylor Stanberry competed in her first Florida Python Challenge in July and became the first female to win the ultimate grand ...

The annual competition to raise awareness and eliminate the invasive Burmese python was held July 10-20, 2025 in the Everglades.

Researcher Ian Bartoszek sifts through dozens of proto-eggs while performing a necropsy on the largest female Burmese python ever discovered in Florida.

The number of Python Challenge participants has fluctuated through the years including a high of nearly 1,600 in 2013. Meet the 2025 winner, Taylor Stanberry.