As the Florida Python Challenge gets closer, let's take a look at the largest Burmese pythons caught in Florida.

A 17-foot-long female python, the largest ever captured at Big Cypress National Preserve in Florida's Everglades, took four people to hold it. A team of researchers posted a breathtaking photo of ...

Florida researchers found the nearly 18-foot long, 215 pound female python, the largest ever found outside its native habitat.

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

That number set its own record for the largest python nest recorded in Florida. “It's awesome to be able to make an impact on South Florida's environment,” Waleri said.

The 2025 Python Challenge removed a record 294 invasive Burmese pythons from Florida ecosystems. The competition drew more ...

An 18-foot python is now the second largest python ever caught in the wild in Florida.

Southwest Florida biologists wrangled the largest Burmese python yet to be captured in the state of Florida, weighing in at 215 pounds.

She’s massive, invasive and covered in scales: A record breaking 215-pound, 18-foot-long Burmese python has been captured in Florida.

Florida’s largest ever python has been found. Here’s the untold story of its discovery. An exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at the quest to rid the Everglades of invasive Burmese pythons ...