Editor's note: This story originally published in 2020. The snake’s head was as big as a garden spade, lunging at hunter Mike Kimmel once, twice, before sinking its recurved teeth into his arm causing ...
It’s 10 p.m. on the fifth night of the 2023 Florida Python Challenge, and Amy Siewe is cruising nearly 11 feet above the pavement on her new “snake deck.” It’s a modified perch on the back of her ...
If they reach the ecosystem's carrying capacity in the Everglades, the pythons will spread, and that likely means into ...
Mike Kimmel, who goes by Python Cowboy on social media, leads guided hunts for invasive green iguanas. The annals of Florida's eternal wrangle with invasive species are filled with creative, unique ...
Professional python hunters spotted something strange happening in a South Florida pond. They soon realized they might be the ...
Florida has deployed a new weapon in the Everglades’ ongoing crusade against the invasive and prolifically deadly Burmese python: an army of robot rabbits. Stanberry claimed $10,000, FWC’s top prize ...
Florida couple Christina Kraus and Aaron Mann captured 87 invasive pythons from the Everglades in July, setting that month’s record and netting them thousands of dollars in payouts for helping remove ...
The Center for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife on Sanibel kicks off its annual speaker series with a python elimination expert ...
Mike Kimmel, known as the "Python Cowboy," leads guided hunts for invasive iguana and Burmese pythons. Invasive iguanas are a costly pest in Florida, damaging landscaping and burrowing into flood ...