The Florida Python Challenge will take place Aug. 9 to18. Participants have nine days to kill as many Burmese pythons as possible. Burmese Pythons are an invasive species that pose a threat to ...

The Florida Python Challenge 2025 is in full swing. The annual snake hunt started at 12:01 a.m. July 11. It will end at 5 p.m. July 20. Participants have until July 20 to kill as many Burmese ...

The Florida Python Challenge is a 10-day competition to remove invasive Burmese pythons. The competition raises awareness of the threat these snakes pose to the Everglades ecosystem.

The Florida Python Challenge ends a week from Sunday on July 20, but people can capture and humanely dispose of Burmese pythons all year round. They can also alert the FWC to a sighting.

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 ...

In the 2024 challenge, the person or team that killed the most pythons got $2,500, and $1,000 went to the person or team that killed the longest python. But some hunters capture the snakes year-round.

Alligators, other snakes and some birds of prey have also been known to eat Burmese pythons, especially when the snakes are young and small. And, in June 2021, a trail camera captured a bobcat ...

Here are some of the biggest Burmese pythons caught in the Florida Python Challenge annual snake hunt The FWC holds an annual Python Challenge. This photo was taken during the 2020 challenge.

The Florida Python Challenge 2025 is in full swing. The annual snake hunt started at 12:01 a.m. July 11. It will end at 5 p.m. July 20. Participants have until July 20 to kill as many Burmese ...