Meet the Asian swamp eel. While not as large as the massive Burmese python, this invasive species is causing havoc on the ...

Asian swamp eels, mucus-covered air-breathing fish that implode marshland food chains from the bottom up, have earned a nasty ...

Invasive Asian swamp eels — widespread, destructive and hard to find — are "abundant" in South Florida, and have spread even ...

It's not common for someone to find a python in their backyard or garage in Florida, but if they do there are steps to follow ...

Tom Rahill, founder of Swamp Apes, handles a Burmese python at Everglades Holiday Park in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on April 25, 2019. RHONA WISE/AFP via Getty Images A 69-year-old professional python ...

The Florida Python Challenge is an annual competition to remove invasive Burmese pythons. Tom Rahill won the $10,000 grand prize for removing 96 pythons. The longest python caught during the ...

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - Tom Rahill won the 2026 Florida Python Challenge and a $10,000 grand prize after capturing 98 invasive pythons in the Everglades, including a 17-foot female. According ...

The snakes were a little more elusive this year, but 280 invasive Burmese pythons were removed during the annual Florida Python Challenge. The number was slightly below the 294 captured in 2025. The ...

Tom Rahill said he was on a mission. Rahill, the ultimate grand prize winner for the 2026 Florida Python Challenge, was recognized by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) today ...