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Florida Python Challenge: 10 questions for expert ahead of competition

The 2026 Florida Python Challenge is a 10-day event for professionals and amateurs to hunt invasive Burmese pythons.

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Florida Python Challenge is back. Why the state wants more snake hunters

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Why Florida hunters should never cut off the head of a python

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Python hunters hit a Florida Everglades island and find 4 big snakes, 3 nests, and an egg-filled female

A routine stop in the Florida Everglades quickly became a stark reminder of just how deeply invasive Burmese pythons have taken hold in the wetland.

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Florida crews find two 17-foot Burmese pythons together, likely preying on white-tailed deer

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Meet the 2025 Florida Python Challenge champion: Taylor Stanberry

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Florida Python Challenge kicks off in Everglades

According to the FWC, the Burmese python is not native to Florida and is found in and around the Everglades ecosystem, where they prey on birds, mammals, and other reptiles.

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Florida is sending people in the Everglades to hunt for giant snakes — and it could net one person $10,000

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Florida maps show Burmese pythons pushing beyond the Everglades as Python Challenge begins

Python Challenge: Florida's 'exciting' opportunity to help remove an invasive species

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

Catch a python? This Florida restaurant will accept it as currency

As the 2026 Florida Python Challenge is underway, one Florida restaurant will let you cash in your catch for a pizza.

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Florida Python Challenge winner removes 20 Burmese pythons to earn $10,000 prize; novice hunter catches longest snake

It's official, the Florida Python Challenge this year has a winner. The $10,000 grand prize went to Ronald Kiger, who removed 20 Burmese pythons from the Florida Everglades during the 10-day hunt, which was meant to bring awareness to the threat that these ...