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

The Florida Python Challenge is a ten-day event where participants hunt invasive Burmese pythons. Officials advise against eating python meat due to high levels of mercury found in the snakes. Experts ...

See scientists wrangling the invasive snakes.

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

Taylor Stanberry became the first woman to win Florida's annual python challenge last year by catching 60 pythons during the ...

On June 30, University of Florida "Croc Docs" researchers followed a tracker signal to a spoil island near Everglades Holiday ...

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

Press’ post set off a firestorm of controversy within the Haskell community, which is small but vocal, and likely felt the ...

Preserving what's left of a python after its caught and killed requires a great deal of time, skill and patience.

BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. — As the 2026 Florida Python Challenge gets underway, participants are getting up close with one of the Everglades’ most notorious invasive species before heading into the field.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission on Tuesday announced the dates for the 2026 Python Challenge on Tuesday. The challenge is an effort that includes public ...