According to the FWC, the 2026 Florida Python Challenge included 907 participants from 30 different states, Canada and ...

Thomas Rahill claimed the top prize in Florida's 2026 Python Challenge after removing 96 Burmese pythons from the Everglades. Participants removed 280 invasive snakes during the annual conservation ...

Recently, at the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) August Commission Meeting, the FWC and partners ...

Burmese pythons in Florida are devouring animals as small as rabbits and as big as deer and alligators. How they do it is fascinating and unsettling.

Every summer, hundreds of hunters descend on the Florida Everglades chasing cash prizes and invasive Burmese pythons, but this year one competitor left the rest so far behind that officials had to ...

The Florida Python Challenge is returning. The start of the annual event — which offers hunters far and wide the chance to compete for prizes for removing the titular invasive species, Burmese pythons ...

Native scavengers may be exploiting Burmese python nests to their benefit but it's unclear how often it is happening.

This year's Florida Python Challenge was July 10-19 at eight designated locations in south Florida. More than 900 hunters ...

Wildlife officials believe the new python population started because of snakes that were released or escaped from captivity ...

Brandon Welty eased his airboat named "Python Patrol" onto the rocky edge of a man-made island carved from the spoil of a canal near Everglades Holiday Park. His team was on a mission. A 10-foot ...