More than 900 contestants vying for the $10,000 grand prize scoured South Florida for 10 days during the 2026 Florida Python Challenge.

Florida Python Challenge 2026 winner Tom Rahill captured 96 invasive Burmese pythons in 10 days, all from Everglades National Park, shattering the all-time competition record by 60 percent. The ...

After taking second place in the professional category of the Florida Python Challenge this year, Taylor Stanberry is ready for her next adventures.

Over 900 participants helped remove 280 invasive Burmese pythons from South Florida during the 2026 Florida Python Challenge, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Contestants in this year's Florida Python Challenge will crunch through South Florida sawgrass during one of the hottest times of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As the 2026 Florida Python Challenge winds down, we are revisiting a story from earlier this year. We interviewed professional ...

A python hunter captured the second heaviest Burmese python on record in Florida, weighing 202 pounds. The captured female python measured 16 feet, 10 inches long and was found in the Big Cypress ...

A professional snake hunter had his hands full earlier this month, as he grappled with the second-heaviest Burmese python ever caught in Florida. Carl Jackson, 43, was dragged 10 to 15 feet over red ...

A professional python hunter in Florida needed assistance from family members to uncoil a giant Burmese python from his body and to ultimately subdue the second-heaviest python ever caught in Florida.