Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Burmese pythons are unwanted and taking over the Everglades. An estimated half a million of these snakes are decimating the ...

On Friday morning at Everglades Holiday Park, Darren Bergmair and Pete Gutzmann, friends who traveled here from Fort Myers, learned how to catch a snake, namely the ubiquitous Burmese Python. Teaching ...

The annual Florida Python Challenge is on. More than 600 snake hunters - amateurs and professionals - are scattered across the Everglades, on a mission to capture as many Burmese pythons as they can ...

HOLEY LAND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA, Fla. (AP) — It's after midnight when the windshield fogs up on Thomas Aycock's F-250 pickup truck. He flashes a low smile as he slowly maneuvers through the ...

Burmese pythons are a secretive bunch, making them difficult to spot and difficult to coax out into the open - that is, unless you're a robotic rabbit. According to the South Florida Water Management ...

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Python hunters are gearing up for the annual Florida Python Challenge, set to take place in just over a month. However, it's always been open season in the invasive species in the Everglades. Recently ...

Sergio Candido is the managing editor for the South region at cbsnews.com, coordinating multiplatform news coverage for CBS Miami, CBS Texas and CBS Atlanta. He previously worked for outlets including ...

The annual Florida Python Challenge is on. Amateur and professional snake hunters alike are scattered across parts of the Everglades on a mission to capture as many Burmese pythons as they can. The ...