The annual Florida Python Challenge is a big part of the effort to combat the unwelcome snakes. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the South Florida Water Management ...

When it comes to the invasive and destructive Burmese python in Florida, it's as simple as those two words. Starting Friday (July 11) another step will be taken to reduce the population of these ...

The annual Florida Python Challenge is underway and concludes Aug. 18. Professional python trapper Brandon Rahe writes that native species, and indeed the entire Everglades ecosystem, would probabl… ...

The Florida Python Challenge is a 10-day competition created by FWC to encourage participants to remove the large nonvenomous constrictor snakes that are an invasive species in Florida.

The annual Florida Python Challenge starts July 11 at 12:01 a.m. ET and ends at 5 p.m. July 20. Participants can win more than $25,000 in prizes as they remove invasive Burmese pythons from South ...

2025 Florida Python Challenge had the most women winners in the snake hunt's history One python huntress who won a prize in the 2025 Python Challenge has taken a sabbatical from her corporate job ...

The Florida Python Challenge outlines an approved two-step process for killing the snakes, which includes using a captive bolt and ensuring that the snakes remain unconscious during the procedure.

Python hunters will slither their way into eight competition locations across Florida for this summer's Florida Python Challenge. From July 11-20, participants will be able to take part in a ...

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 ...