On July 10, hundreds of professional and amateur snake hunters entered the annual Florida Python Challenge, a 10-day race to ...

The hunt is on in the Everglades as the 2026 Florida Python Challenge officially gets underway. For the next 10 days, ...

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

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

Invasive Burmese pythons have slithered to a new location in South Florida, establishing a colony outside the previously ...

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, ...

Hundreds of python hunters will spend the next 10 days removing as many of the invasive reptiles as they can in south Florida ...

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

Florida has spent decades trying to reduce python numbers through organized removal programs, public hunts, and contractor ...

This year’s event, hosted by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and the South Florida Water ...

Florida's Python Challenge is an annual event encouraging people to hunt Burmese Pythons, a reptile species invasive to ...

Registration is open for the 2026 Florida Python Challenge, a 10-day competition aimed at removing invasive Burmese pythons ...