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

The annual Florida Python Challenge is set to begin. Starting at 12:01 a.m. ET July 10 and concluding at 5 p.m. July 19, ...

The News-Press and Naples Daily News asked Kodiak Hengstebeck of the FWC 10 questions about this year's Python Challenge.

What began as a family outing to help remove invasive snakes from Florida's Everglades quickly turned into a terrifying fight ...

Last year’s winner was Taylor Stanberry, who removed 60 Burmese pythons in the record-breaking 2025 event ...

University of Florida researchers documented a surprising new threat to Burmese python eggs in the Everglades, adding to growing evidence that native wildlife is fighting back against the invasive ...

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

Large pythons have shared forests, grasslands and river systems across Asia for thousands of years, yet two of the region's ...

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 ...

With few natural predators in the region, they are able to consume prey ranging from rodents to deer.

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

"I probably would have ridden right past it, but I saw movement." ...