Returning a 16-foot invasive python to the Everglades sounds contrary to Florida’s removal campaign. Researchers did exactly that after fitting the roughly 150-pound Burmese python with a radio ...

The 2026 Florida Python Challenge is over. Now, the wait begins to find out how the $25,000 in cash prizes will be distributed to hunters, including who won the $10,000 grand prize for eliminating the ...

Burmese pythons are an invasive species causing significant harm to the South Florida ecosystem. The annual Florida Python Challenge encourages hunters to help control the growing python population.

The 2026 Florida Python Challenge is a 10-day event for professionals and amateurs to hunt invasive Burmese pythons. The event aims to reduce the python population, raise awareness, and protect the ...

The Florida Python Challenge is an annual competition to help control the invasive Burmese python population. Hunters must humanely kill captured pythons, and decapitation is not considered a humane ...