Anyone joining the 2026 Florida Python Challenge must register and complete an online training course.

The event also draws attention to the risks of releasing nonnative pets into the wild.

Florida's python problem is getting fresh attention because after some of the massive snakes are taken from the Everglades, ...

"They're just so good at hunting, hiding, and surviving here." ...

For months, he and his team had watched the snake using a transmitter and a trail camera. “I’m just kind of following this ...

Nothing says Florida quite like a state agency-sponsored event where participants can win $10,000 in cash by hunting and ...

Florida scientists removed a record 177 Burmese pythons weighing over four tons, using innovative tracking methods to protect native wildlife from the invasive species.

Florida's annual effort to tackle one of the world's most notorious invasive species is returning this July, but wildlife ...

Last year, Taylor Stanberry caught 60 Burmese pythons with her bares hands—a state record. But this self-taught hunter says she doesn't enjoy killing the snakes, she just knows it's a necessity.

Preserving what's left of a python after its caught and killed requires a great deal of time, skill and patience.

The hunt for invasive Burmese pythons in the Florida Everglades is officially returning this summer, state officials announced today. The 2026 Florida Python Challenge will begin at 12:01 a.m. on ...

In Florida, the Burmese python has established itself as “a slithering menace that is wiping out species”, Galante says.