Registration is now open for the 2026 Florida Python Challenge, when avid and amateur hunters alike can compete for cash ...

"After the first time you see one, you'll start seeing them, but you'll also go nights [without seeing them.]" ...

Here's what we know about the 2026 Florida Python Challenge, how the yearly hunt works and a little bit about last year's winner.

Researchers in Florida have discovered that GPS collars on opossums and raccoons, when eaten by invasive Burmese pythons, can transmit the snakes’ locations, allowing quicker capture and removal. The ...

Florida incentivizes hunters to eliminate invasive Burmese pythons through programs offering cash rewards. The invasive snakes, numbering in the tens of thousands, disrupt the Everglades ecosystem by ...

'Anytime you catch something bigger than 14 feet, it’s not a snake anymore, it’s a monster,' said Donna Kalil, a licensed Florida python hunter. Mike Kimmel goes by the social media moniker Python ...