Burmese Python History

2026 Florida Python Challenge starts today

Florida Python Challenge begins today with $25,000 in prizes up for grabs

The annual Florida Python Challenge begins Friday, giving snake hunters 10 days to remove as many invasive Burmese pythons as possible.

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Florida Python Challenge: 10 questions for expert ahead of competition

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Meet the 2025 Florida Python Challenge champion: Taylor Stanberry

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

When it comes to hunting Burmese pythons in Florida, there are specific protocols hunters need to follow, ranging from training and certification to safety and to how to humanely kill the invasive sna...

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Florida’s 2026 Python Challenge begins Friday: Here’s what to know

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Great Everglades Snake Hunt Begins Tonight: $25K Up For Grabs Florida Python Challenge

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Python hunters captured 8,000 pounds of snake. Meet their leader

A team of Burmese python hunters caught a record breaking 8,000 pounds in snake this season. Meet the man leading the crusade.

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Hunters captured a record-breaking python in the Everglades

In the annals of record-breaking animals, there is big, and then there is Florida python big. Leave it to a professional python hunter to encounter one of the more impressive specimens in the history of the Sunshine State.

Yahoo

Florida Hunter Catches 202-Lb. Invasive Python, the Second-Heaviest in the State's History

Jackson caught the 202-pound snake with the help of his wife, adopted son, and step-daughter Jackson works for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) to prevent pythons from eliminating Florida's native small mammals Carl Jackson didn ...

USA Today

How this snake hunter made history at the 2025 Florida Python Challenge

Taylor Stanberry won the 2025 Florida Python Challenge by eliminating 60 Burmese pythons. A record 294 pythons were removed during the 10-day competition. The event drew 934 participants from the U.S. and Canada. Burmese pythons are an invasive species ...

Seattle Times

17-foot-long Burmese python caught in Everglades

The biggest Burmese python ever caught in Florida – 17 feet, 7 inches long and 164 1/2 pounds – was found in Everglades National Park, the University of Florida announced Monday. The snake was pregnant with 87 eggs, also said to be a record. Scientists ...