The challenge should be thought of more as a spectacle.

The June winners of the South Florida Water Management District python elimination program raked in snakes and money.

A Florida restaurant is offering free python pizza for participants capturing invasive Burmese pythons. This promotion supports efforts to remove these reptiles from the Everglades ecosystem. The 2026 ...

Hundreds of hunters will scour the Everglades for cash prizes as a key window opens to stop one of Florida's most destructive invaders.

Burmese pythons in Florida are devouring animals as small as rabbits and as big as deer and alligators. How they do it is fascinating and unsettling.

Years of snake-tracking data reveal the conditions that boost success and that could be incorporated into an app to aid in hunting Burmese pythons.

"At the end, you rely on the luck factor." ...

Taylor Stanberry became the first woman to win Florida's annual python challenge last year by catching 60 pythons during the 10-day competition.

Social media videos often make python hunting look easy. A hunter spots a snake on the side of the road, jumps out of the ...

Experts across the Sunshine State are monitoring an increasing presence of the deadly Burmese Python in the Everglades.

A Florida man was fined $180 for capturing an invasive 8-foot Burmese python in Everglades National Park. While python removal is encouraged in much of Florida, a permit is required to handle wildlife ...

It's a busy time of year for eliminating invasive Burmese pythons in Florida and earning money for doing it. On Friday (July 19) the Florida Python Challenge started. For the next 10 days, hunters ...