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

More than 900 contestants vying for the $10,000 grand prize scoured South Florida for 10 days during the 2026 Florida Python Challenge.

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 ...

Florida has a way of turning ecological crises into cinema-worthy solutions. One example is an annual python hunt in the Everglades, where competitors head into the wetlands to remove the non-native ...

The 2025 Florida Python Challenge aims to remove invasive Burmese pythons, which pose a threat to the Everglades ecosystem. While Burmese pythons are not venomous, their bites can be painful and cause ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Biologists with the Conservancy of Southwest Florida holding a 17-foot, 148 lb female python they captured in an armadillo burrow ...

Moving the annual competition from January to July significantly increased the number of pythons captured. The timing of the challenge also coincides with the python hatching season, leading to more ...

The 2025 Florida Python Challenge aims to remove invasive Burmese pythons, which pose a threat to the Everglades ecosystem. The 2025 Florida Python Challenge aims to remove invasive Burmese pythons, ...