The News-Press and Naples Daily News asked Kodiak Hengstebeck of the FWC 10 questions about this year's Python Challenge.

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

Hundreds of python hunters will spend the next 10 days removing as many of the invasive reptiles as they can in south Florida ...

The 10-day competition gives hunters the opportunity to win thousands of dollars by removing invasive Burmese pythons from ...

These snakes can go for months without eating, grow and shrink the size of their hearts and jump start their metabolism on a ...

See scientists wrangling the invasive snakes.

We caught up with two professional python hunters and asked them what are the "essentials" that help them be successful in ...

Anyone joining the 2026 Florida Python Challenge must register and complete an online training course.

The Florida Python Challenge is an annual competition to help control the invasive Burmese python population. Hunters must humanely kill captured pythons, and decapitation is not considered a humane ...

The Florida Department of Health has issued a "do not consume python" advisory due to unhealthy mercury levels. Despite the advisory, it is not illegal to eat python meat in Florida. Some chefs and ...

Moving the annual competition from January to July significantly increased the number of pythons captured. The timing of the challenge also coincides with the python hatching season, leading to more ...

Rich Hobby with AT&T Performing Arts Center and Jen Reyes with Swizzle Dallas tell us about Monty Python's "Spamalot" coming ...