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

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.

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

Taylor Stanberry won the 2025 Florida Python Challenge, removing 60 Burmese pythons from the Everglades and securing a ...

Donna Kalil, a contract hunter for the South Florida Water Management District, nabbed 56 snakes during the Python Challenge between July 11 and July 20. She brought in 19 during the 2024 contest when ...

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 ...

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

Florida faces a growing problem with Burmese pythons, as more than 23,000 of these non-native snakes have been removed from ...

Burmese pythons, which can grow up to 20 feet long and weigh up to 200 pounds, have devastated native wildlife in the Everglades since their introduction decades ago, likely through the exotic pet ...

(The largest Burmese python ever captured in the Everglades, however, was more than 18 feet long and weighed 98 pounds.) This time there was more at stake than just bragging rights.

“There is no bag limit,” the FWC added. Clark pointed out that the python on her e-bike was small compared to some of the snakes roaming the everglades. Burmese pythons can measure nearly 20 feet.

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.