One python huntress who won a prize in the 2025 Python Challenge has taken a sabbatical from her corporate job to pursue her ...

Florida python hunters Zach Hoffman, Jan Gianello and Justice Sargood caught a massive Burmese python in the Everglades on ...

The annual Florida Python Challenge ended on Sunday. AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee Through 2023, more than 18,000 pythons have been removed from the wild, with about 11,000 taken out by contractors like ...

Hunters are scouring the Everglades for an invasive species as the 2025 Florida Python Challenge gets underway. It is possible to humanely hunt and kill the snakes year-round in South Florida, but ...

South Florida is home to two particularly problematic invasive species: Burmese pythons and green iguanas. The pythons live ...

MIAMI — Flanked by a huge writhing snake, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced on Thursday that the annual prize-winning hunt for invasive Burmese pythons in the Florida Everglades will begin Aug. 5.

The 2025 Florida Python Challenge featured 934 participants from 30 states and Canada, who removed 294 invasive Burmese ...

The Florida Python Challenge returns July 11th with a $10,000 prize for participants who help remove invasive Burmese pythons from the Everglades in a high-stakes wildlife conservation effort.

Anyone can participate, but hunters younger than 18 must be with a registered adult. Because pythons are non-native invasives, a Florida hunting license isn’t needed. Maps are available online.

He’s only been hunting pythons since 2012, when a TV show sponsored a python removal competition. Dusty and his friends have taken it upon themselves to save the Everglades.

The python hunt officially began Friday morning and runs through 5 p.m. on Aug. 15, according to officials who gathered in Miami to kick off the annual event.

A Burmese python sits in the grass at Everglades Holiday Park in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., in 2019. A yearly competition will begin in August for people to hunt and kill the invasive species.