People travel from far and wide to the Florida Python Challenge. They camp in tents, RVs, to catch one of these elusive ...

What is a ball python? And why isn't this 'nice cousin' to the Burmese hunted during the Florida Python Challenge? We explain ...

Can you eat pythons? Florida snake hunter prefers his ground up like hamburger, however state recommends NOT eating the ...

The invasive Burmese pythons plaguing Florida have an almost supernatural ability to absorb skeletons, and scientists say ...

FWC said this time of year is ideal for holding the Python Challenge because hatchlings are emerging from eggs.

Florida Python Challenge, July 11-20, 2025, has hunters trying to eliminate invasive Burmese snakes. Do they attack or kill ...

The Florida Python Challenge is offering $25,000 in cash prizes for 2025 to participating hunters who capture and kill the ...

Alligator Alcatraz, a migrant detention center in the Florida Everglades, is surrounded by swamps infested with dangerous ...

Alligator Alcatraz, the migrant detention center in the Florida Everglades, is surrounded by swamps infested with massive Burmese pythons.

Avid and amateur hunters alike have the unique opportunity to compete for cash prizes as they work to rid the Everglades of ...

Pythons also cannot be hit by a car as a way to kill them, and in 2023, two marks were given to snakes that had been hit by a car — a “roadkill snake,” as the records note — and they were ...

The Everglades are the most snake-infested area in the state, primarily due to the invasive non-native species, the Burmese Python. These include species like the Southern Black Racer, Banded Water ...