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

The invasive species is primarily found in and around the Everglades ecosystem in South Florida, where they prey on birds, mammals and other reptiles. The Florida Python Challenge was created by the ...

The South Florida Water Management District's new incentive program seems to be working with nearly 100 snakes eliminated so ...

Florida wants you to kill as many of the invasive Burmese pythons as you can during the 10-days contest in July. But you ...

The South Florida Water Management District's new incentive program seems to be working with nearly 100 snakes eliminated so far in 2025.

In 1979, the first observation of a Burmese python in the wild in South Florida was recorded in Everglades National Park. The heaviest python ever caught in Florida was an 18-foot, 215-pound snake.