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

Hunters working across the Florida Everglades removed a record four tons of invasive Burmese pythons in a single coordinated ...

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, ...

Hundreds of python hunters will spend the next 10 days removing as many of the invasive reptiles as they can in south Florida ...

In the annals of record-breaking animals, there is big, and then there is Florida python big. Leave it to a professional ...

Exactly one minute after midnight tonight, hundreds of hunters will fan out across the Florida Everglades with a single ...

Their camouflage is so effective in the subtropical environment.

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

Preserving what's left of a python after its caught and killed requires a great deal of time, skill and patience.

The invasive pythons number in the thousands and have unleashed havoc across more than 1,000 square miles of the Everglades ...

Eric Suarez, research program coordinator for University of Florida Croc Docs, holds a female python during a research trip ...

Hunters stepping into the Everglades arena for the 2026 Python Challenge will find a population unculled by winter's freak freeze and the potential need for a strategic reset in tactics because of ...