There is vigilance to ensure snakes don’t suffer. And more rules could be on tap for the next upcoming challenge. The Tampa Bay Times e-Newspaper is a digital replica of the printed paper seven days a ...

The Florida Python Challenge, a 10-day competition to remove the most pythons, is back in July.

Florida's Burmese pythons have reached a level of lore in Florida that perhaps no other animals have held here. They're the ultimate of swamp monsters. Pythons are gigantic predators from halfway ...

Although the Burmese python is not protected in Florida, anti-cruelty laws still apply when hunting this week. The competition recognizes the legal and ethical obligations to ensure humane killing is ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission consistently urges hunters to report or kill Burmese pythons to reduce the population of the invasive species. But this August, you could win big ...