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

Catching a python can be very challenging during the Florida Python Challenge. But when one is caught, there are rules for ...

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

Florida's Python Challenge is an annual event encouraging people to hunt Burmese Pythons, a reptile species invasive to ...

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

Eating its prey can be a process for a python, which is why it relies so heavily on its jaw to get the job done, including ...

See scientists wrangling the invasive snakes.

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 ...

BetOnline is allowing users to bet on the outcome of the Florida Python Challenge. Is that legal?

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

Alison Joslyn was biking through Shark Valley in Everglades National Park when she spotted an American alligator clamped onto ...