Burmese pythons spread beyond the Everglades as Florida's Python Challenge begins, offering $25,000 in prizes.

University of Florida researchers documented a surprising new threat to Burmese python eggs in the Everglades, adding to growing evidence that native wildlife is fighting back against the invasive ...

The annual Florida Python Challenge is set to begin. Starting at 12:01 a.m. ET July 10 and concluding at 5 p.m. July 19, ...

The June winners of the South Florida Water Management District python elimination program raked in snakes and money.

Catching a python can be very challenging during the Florida Python Challenge. But when one is caught, there are rules for how to kill the invasive.

The annual Florida Python Challenge is only a few weeks away, but participants will have trouble matching a new record set earlier this month. Between November 2025 and April 2026, researchers removed ...

More than 200 of the invasive pythons were removed from South Florida during last year's hunt, according to the FWC.

Florida's python problem is widely tied to people importing exotic pets and releasing or losing them into the wild.

Python hunters in Florida will begin competing in the state’s annual removal competition one minute after the clock strikes ...

The News-Press and Naples Daily News asked Kodiak Hengstebeck of the FWC 10 questions about this year's Python Challenge.

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, ...

Large pythons have shared forests, grasslands and river systems across Asia for thousands of years, yet two of the region's ...