Python tacos? Python pizza? 'Chicken of the Glades?' Florida considered making invasive snakes a food source. Then science stepped in.

The Florida Python Challenge is a ten-day event where participants hunt invasive Burmese pythons. Officials advise against eating python meat due to high levels of mercury found in the snakes. Experts ...

Python hunter Bayo Hernandez prefers his snake ground up like hamburger meat with ketchup, mustard, and mayo. Another hunter fancies the slithering scourge of the Everglades in a stir fry or chili.

Alligator and frog have long been on the menu in Florida, but a new delicacy has slithered its way onto dinner plates in the US state. A pizzeria now offers Burmese python meat on what it calls the ...

How do you take your python — deep-fried or sautéed in spices and olive oil? Though you might want to think twice for placing your order. The Florida Department of Health has recently penned an ...

It's officially python hunters' favorite time of the year: Florida Python Challenge season. For 10 days, participants hunt down Burmese pythons in an effort to protect the Florida Everglades from the ...