TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WFLA) — Governor Ron DeSantis shared the spotlight Tuesday with an 11-foot Burmese python, making it clear the fight to protect the Everglades from invasive species only continues.

Gov. Ron DeSantis spoke on the historic success of removing nearly 300 invasive pythons in the 2025 Florida Python Challenge. The non-Florida native Burmese Python preys on native mammals, birds and ...

It was another bountiful month for the South Florida Water Management District's (SFWMD) Python Elimination Program and that's appropriate when you consider November is when we celebrate Thanksgiving.

Florida’s python hunts are going commercial as the state partners with a luxury leather manufacturer that pays better and uses more high-tech weapons in the pursuit of the invasive snake. Gov. Ron ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV/Gray Florida Capital Bureau) - Gov. Ron DeSantis is asking the legislature to continue funding python removal efforts next year. During a news conference in South Florida on ...

TAMPA, Fla. — A southwest Florida woman took home the grand prize in the state's 2025 python removal challenge after she removed 60 Burmese pythons. Taylor Stanberry, a Naples native, won $10,000 ...

In a news conference on Oct. 21 in Stuart, Fla., Governor Ron DeSantis highlighted recent success in Everglades restoration and invasive species removal. Social Security, Medicare are "going to be ...

A staff report from the county notes that they’ve spent just under $8 million over the last five years on food insecurity. The school district said the sounds came from south of the school’s campus ...