Can you use a dog to help in Florida Python Challenge? In some areas of the competition, dogs are allowed to help in the Florida Python Challenge, but there are stipulations.

Florida—which is currently being plagued by an invasive species of Burmese pythons—will unleash python-sniffing dogs to combat the problem.

A 16-foot python stalked a family dog for days before swallowing the pet whole in front of horrified children in the Australian tropics, animal experts said Wednesday. The boy and girl, ages 5 and ...

With a little help from man’s best friend, a man known as ‘Python Cowboy’ took one less invasive python out of the Everglades.

"Python-scented towels and live pythons with surgically implanted trackers were used to train the dogs on python scent," the FWC said in a statement announcing the new detector dog team.

A python-sniffing dog in Florida has been appointed to help the state avoid ruff situations with snakes. The new initiative was recently introduced by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Com… ...

For decades pythons have been identified as one of the biggest and most concerning invasive species in Florida, having drastically impacted populations of native species.