The 2026 Florida Python Challenge began Friday, giving participants 10 days to search for invasive Burmese pythons and ...

The FWC has announced the start of this year's python challenge. Hunters from across Florida will go out to hunt Burmese ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, center, holds a Burmese python at a media event, Thursday, June 16, 2022, where he announced that registration for the 2022 Florida Python Challenge has opened for the ...

Burmese pythons have been spreading across southern Florida for more than four decades, consuming native mammals at rates ...

"We're not putting these animals out there and in harm's way. Harm's way is there. We're just documenting what is happening." ...

The average weight of removed female pythons was 95 pounds, with the largest female captured this season weighing 153 pounds and measuring 17 feet long. The females carried an average of 70 eggs, and ...

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

A Burmese python population has emerged in Southwest Florida, raising fresh concerns about the invasive predator's spread.

A Burmese python population has emerged in Southwest Florida, raising fresh concerns about the invasive predator's spread.

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 ...

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FLORIDA EVERGLADES — The 2026 Florida Python Challenge is back and begins Friday, July 10. Hunters will have until 5 p.m. on Sunday, July 19, to remove Burmese pythons from the Florida Everglades.