The Florida Python Challenge is held annually to raise awareness of Burmese pythons, an invasive snake, and the damage it has ...

In just a few weeks, the 2025 Florida Python Challenge will begin, offering an opportunity for people to help protect Florida's native wildlife and pocket their share of $25,000 in prizes by ...

That brought the total number of nonnative constrictors removed in all Florida Python Challenge competitions to 1,112. In 2024, more than 850 people from 33 states and Canada registered for the ...

Register for the 2025 Florida Python Challenge is still open and will be through the end of the competition. By participating in the removal of invasive pythons, hunters help raise awareness about ...

There are year-round python removal opportunities on 32 Commission-managed lands, the FWC says. Burmese pythons can also be humanely killed on private lands at any time with landowners' permission.

For the animals and plants native to the Florida Everglades, the removal of invasive species like the Burmese python is a tough job that someone’s got to do. But for many military veterans who ...

For the animals and plants native to the Florida Everglades, the removal of invasive species like the Burmese python is a tough job that someone’s got to do. But for many military veterans who ...