Defending champion Taylor Stanberry entered Florida's annual python challenge last-minute. She provided an update midway ...

The annual python hunting competition runs from 12:01 a.m. Friday, July 10, to 5 p.m. Sunday, July 19. What to know ahead of ...

As the 2026 Florida Python Challenge is underway, one Florida restaurant will let you cash in your catch for a pizza.

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

FWC, South Florida Water Management District host 10-day competition with $25,000 in prizes.

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.

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

A giant snake once kept as an exotic pet can become a serious ecological problem when it enters the wrong environment. In the ...

Nothing says Florida quite like a state agency-sponsored event where participants can win $10,000 in cash by hunting and capturing invasive pythons slithering through the Everglades. And while the ...

A Florida man was fined $180 for catching an invasive Burmese python in Everglades National Park. While python removal is encouraged in Florida, a permit is required to handle wildlife within the ...

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