A ball python was my first snake, and that experience sparked a passion for keeping and breeding multiple snake species.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Amy Siewe participated in the 2019 Florida Python Challenge and it inspired her to change her life. She moved from Indiana to ...

More than 900 contestants vying for the $10,000 grand prize scoured South Florida for 10 days during the 2026 Florida Python ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Unfulfilled with her real estate career in Indianapolis, Amy Siewe packed up her life a few years back and moved to Florida to ...

Photographer and writer Bob Bramblet is the past president of the Florida Outdoors Writers Association, and he wrote a book ...

Thousands of invasive Burmese pythons have ravaged the Sunshine State's native wildlife. Some question if hunting them is the right answer. Python hunter Amy Siewe caught this nearly 12-foot python in ...

'Anytime you catch something bigger than 14 feet, it’s not a snake anymore, it’s a monster,' said Donna Kalil, a licensed Florida python hunter. Mike Kimmel goes by the social media moniker Python ...

Python hunters should wear long pants, closed-toed shoes, and bring tools like a flashlight and snake hook. Novice hunters must humanely kill pythons immediately at the capture site; firearms are ...