For ten days at the height of the Florida summer, hundreds of amateur and professional snake hunters waded through sawgrass, ...

A nighttime search in Big Cypress National Preserve ended with hunters wrestling a Burmese python that stretched 19 feet. The ...

"There are plenty more big ones crawling around out there, too." ...

The annual python hunting competition runs from 12:01 a.m. Friday, July 10, to 5 p.m. Sunday, July 19. What to know ahead of prizes.

The annual Florida Python Challenge is set to begin. Starting at 12:01 a.m. ET July 10 and concluding at 5 p.m. July 19, participants have the chance to win over $25,000 in prizes by removing invasive ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – Hunters from all over the world are in the Everglades right now, competing to bring in the most Burmese pythons before the Florida Python Challenge wraps up on July 19. News 6’s Matt ...

The Florida Python Challenge started on July 10. The winners of the annual hunt for invasive snakes will be made by the FWC.

“The number of invasive pythons removed from the Everglades during the 2026 Florida Python Challenge is a major victory for ...

WASHINGTON — Hundreds of python hunters will try to slither their way to victory starting Friday in the annual Florida Python Challenge, in which participants try to bag the most Burmese pythons for ...

Hunters stepping into the Everglades arena for the 2026 Python Challenge will find a population unculled by winter’s freak freeze and the potential need for a strategic reset in tactics because of ...