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.

Defending champion Taylor Stanberry entered Florida's annual python challenge last-minute. She provided an update midway ...

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

On the marsh-fringed Gulf Coast where a trio of unhurried rivers slug into Charlotte Harbor, a semi-aquatic invader has settled in, taking advantage of Florida’s natural and man hewn waterways. An ...

Python hunter and Naples native Taylor Stanberry won the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's annual Python Challenge last July, catching a total of 60 pythons during the 10-day ...

WASHINGTON — Hundreds of python hunters will try to slither their way to victory starting Friday in the annual Florida Python Challenge, in which participants try to bag the most Burmese pythons for ...

In roughly two weeks, the 2026 Florida Python Challenge kicks off! Registered participants have the opportunity to win a share of $25,000 in prizes while removing invasive Burmese pythons from the ...

I’m excited to announce that the annual Florida Python Challenge™ is back for 2026! Kicking off on Friday, July 10 at 12:01 a.m., and running until Sunday, July 19 at 5 p.m., registered participants ...