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

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

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

Alison Joslyn was biking through Shark Valley in Everglades National Park when she spotted an American alligator clamped onto ...

Florida’s invasive Burmese pythons can swallow native deer and alligators completely, according to a new study – as a jaw-dropping video showed one of the snakes taking down a deer in one gulp. A ...

It's official, the Florida Python Challenge this year has a winner. The $10,000 grand prize went to Ronald Kiger, who removed 20 Burmese pythons from the Florida Everglades during the 10-day hunt, ...

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

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