Florida's annual Python Challenge returns July 10 through July 19, offering $25,000 in prizes while encouraging the public to help remove invasive Burmese pythons from the Everglades.

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A Florida man was fined for catching an invasive python in Everglades National Park. His case was later dismissed.

The annual Florida Python Challenge is only a few weeks away, but participants will have trouble matching a new record set ...

Participants will compete July 10-19 to help remove Burmese pythons from the Everglades and raise awareness about invasive ...

The Conservancy’s python tracking team made the first capture of the breeding season with scout snake #118 “Snaquan” in November 2025, removing a 17-foot, 148 lb female python. Conservancy of ...

Can you use your firearm while competing in the Florida Python Challenge? Here's what to know before it begins.

The South Florida Water Management District is now rewarding hunters for removing python eggs and active nests from the ...

Tens of thousands of people are expected to watch Fourth of July fireworks at and around Navy Pier Saturday as the city ...

A Burmese python sits in the grass at Everglades Holiday Park in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on April 25, 2019. - Along with the venomous lionfish, the Burmese python is perhaps the least welcome ...

Ian Bartoszek may know more about Burmese pythons than anyone who has ever walked Earth. Program director for the Conservancy of Southwest Florida's world-renowned Burmese python capture and removal ...

Two Sanford police officers responded to an unusual call on June 22 after a large ball python was discovered inside an ...