Competitors in the 2013 Python Challenge™ trekked through more than a million acres of swamps and sawgrass in search of the well-camouflaged Burmese python. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) today announced the results: 68 Burmese pythons harvested during the Jan. 12-through-Feb. 10 competition.

MIAMI (AP) - More than 1,000 people signed up to hunt Burmese pythons in the Florida Everglades, but just a fraction of them have been successful so far.

MIAMI (AP) - Authorities say two young men who became "stranded and disoriented" while taking part in a python hunt in Florida's Everglades have been rescued.

MIAMI (AP) - There's a new winning snake in the state's "Python Challenge."

MIAMI (AP) - Florida wildlife officials say 11 Burmese pythons were killed during the first three days of a public hunt for the invasive species in the Everglades.

MIAMI (AP) — Wildlife officials say a Burmese python nearly 19 feet long has been captured in South Florida.

Bill Booth of Bradenton captured one Burmese Python close to 12 feet long.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Rick Scott is vetoing nearly $400 million from the state's new budget. Scott on Monday signed the $74.1 billion budget into law but axed a series of projects including millions for college buildings, health care programs and supplemental programs for veterans.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Los Angeles have made some unusual seizures, including elephant meat, a dead primate and hundreds of handbags made from the skin of snakes, lizards and crocodiles.

Sketch released of suspected North Port prowler

An autopsy has concluded that a Florida man choked to death after downing dozens of live roaches during a contest earlier this year.

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