Florida Python Challenge 2026 winner Tom Rahill captured 96 invasive Burmese pythons in 10 days, all from Everglades National ...

A nighttime search in Big Cypress National Preserve ended with hunters wrestling a Burmese python that stretched 19 feet. The ...

One Naples-based conservation team now says it has completed its first "four-ton" removal season, pulling a record quantity ...

Tom Rahill, hailing from Tampa, emerged victorious in the 2026 Florida Python Challenge by capturing an impressive 96 Burmese pythons in the ...

The 2026 Florida Python Challenge ended on July 19, and organizers have officially finished tallying the number of bagged snakes. Over 10 days, 907 participants hunted down a collective total of 280 ...

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

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Not only did Taylor Stanberry become the first woman to win the Florida Python Challenge, but she did it in record style while ...

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, participants have the chance to win over $25,000 in prizes by removing invasive ...

As the 2026 Florida Python Challenge winds down, we are revisiting a story from earlier this year. We interviewed professional python hunter Carl Jackson soon after he had caught a 16-foot, 10-inch ...

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