Burmese pythons spread beyond the Everglades as Florida's Python Challenge begins, offering $25,000 in prizes.

The Florida Python Challenge has returned in the Everglades.The annual conservation effort aims to protect the unique ecosystem from invasive<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...

Last year’s winner was Taylor Stanberry, who removed 60 Burmese pythons in the record-breaking 2025 event ...

Hunters working across the Florida Everglades removed a record four tons of invasive Burmese pythons in a single coordinated ...

Brandon Welty, a python researcher with Croc Docs, holds up an antenna and receiver to track where a male python during ...

Brandon Welty eased his airboat named “Python Patrol” onto the rocky edge of a man-made island carved from the spoil of a ...

Eric Suarez, research program coordinator for University of Florida Croc Docs, holds a female python during a research trip ...

Invasive reptiles may be quietly altering how plants regenerate, moving seeds across the Everglades and complicating efforts to restore balance.

Burmese pythons are recognizable by more than their size. Hunters should be on the lookout for a telltale, arrow-shaped ...

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

It's important for new or wanna-be python hunters to understand the basics when it comes to eliminating the invasive creatures.

Ahead of the Florida Python Challenge in July 2026, see what the bite of the snakes' powerful jaws looks like.