After taking second place in the professional category of the Florida Python Challenge this year, Taylor Stanberry is ready for her next adventures.

Burmese pythons are an invasive species in the Everglades, and the challenge is part of initiative to remove them ...

SXSW: Snake hunters from around the world descend upon the Everglades to cull the invasive Burmese python population in a contest that plays out like a Florida-fied "Cannonball Run." You can’t have a ...

Photographer and writer Bob Bramblet is the past president of the Florida Outdoors Writers Association, and he wrote a book ...

The Everglades ecosystem issue of being choked out by pythons has been going on so long that it is now a part of our existing environment. For the last 20 years, our Sunshine State leaders have tried ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The 2026 Florida Python Challenge starts July 10. It is another opportunity for hunters to put a dent in the invasive Burmese ...

It's almost python hunting season in Florida! Every year, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and the South Florida Water Management District host a python challenge and award ...

The 9-foot Burmese python was temporarily blinded due to shedding, trapper Mike Kimmel noted. Python Cowboy video screengrab One of Florida’s best-known wildlife trackers defied logic by taking a ...

In this first person column from 2024, a Naples resident shared details of his first-ever python hunt and what he learned.

Three python hunters received $1,000 for catching the longest snake in their division during the 2026 Florida Python ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The annual 10-day Florida Python Challenge in the Everglades kicked off ...

FORT MYERS, Fla. (WBBH) - An 18-year-old Florida man has bragging rights after catching a nearly 16-foot python, one of the biggest anyone in the area has seen recently. Jack Cronin, 18, says python ...