The 2026 Florida Python Challenge began Friday, giving participants 10 days to search for invasive Burmese pythons and ...

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

The FWC has announced the start of this year's python challenge. Hunters from across Florida will go out to hunt Burmese Pythons in the Everglades to help native wildlife. Annisa Karim, the FWC ...

The achievement marks a new milestone in the fight against the giant snakes. A Burmese python is shown in this 2021 file photo. A record catch of the invasive species was recorded in Florida this ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, center, holds a Burmese python at a media event, Thursday, June 16, 2022, where he announced that registration for the 2022 Florida Python Challenge has opened for the ...

The average weight of removed female pythons was 95 pounds, with the largest female captured this season weighing 153 pounds and measuring 17 feet long. The females carried an average of 70 eggs, and ...

This year’s event, hosted by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and the South Florida Water ...

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

A Burmese python population has emerged in Southwest Florida, raising fresh concerns about the invasive predator's spread.

A Burmese python population has emerged in Southwest Florida, raising fresh concerns about the invasive predator's spread.

The annual Florida Python Challenge is only a few weeks away, but participants will have trouble matching a new record set earlier this month. Between November 2025 and April 2026, researchers removed ...

A Florida man was hailed as a hero for catching an 8-foot-long invasive python, and then fined for it. Where is it legal to kill them?