The event also draws attention to the risks of releasing nonnative pets into the wild.
"This is a South Florida problem that is rapidly turning into a Central Florida problem." ...
Nothing says Florida quite like a state agency-sponsored event where participants can win $10,000 in cash by hunting and ...
"They're just so good at hunting, hiding, and surviving here." ...
In Florida, the Burmese python has established itself as “a slithering menace that is wiping out species”, Galante says.
Florida scientists removed a record 177 Burmese pythons weighing over four tons, using innovative tracking methods to protect ...
An insider's look at Florida’s war on invaders: the giant snakes, egg-eating predators and parasites spreading through the ...
Today the dates will be announced for the 2026 Florida Python Challenge. But who can forget 2025 when history was made?
Taylor Stanberry caught 60 Burmese pythons during the 2025 Florida Python Challenge, setting a state record. Her work shows ...
It's important for new or wanna-be python hunters to understand the basics when it comes to eliminating the invasive ...
A group of Florida men went out hunting for invasive pythons in the Big Cypress National Preserve and wound up capturing a massive snake almost fit for the record books, video shows. Holden Hunter, ...
As python hunters head out into the Everglades for the 2026 Florida Python Challenge, many of them will feel the bite of the invasive snake.