Registration is open for the 2026 Florida Python Challenge, a 10-day competition that offers participants a shot at $25,000 ...

"By engaging the public in science-based invasive species management, we are able to raise awareness and strengthen support ...

Conservancy of Southwest Florida biologists caught the heaviest Burmese python ever recorded in the Florida Everglades in ...

The dates for the 2026 Florida Python Challenge are set. Here's how last year's winner captured a whopping 60 pythons for the $10,000 grand prize.

The Florida Python Challenge is an annual 10-day competition to remove invasive Burmese pythons from South Florida's ecosystem. The 2025 challenge saw 934 participants remove a record 294 pythons, ...

Florida’s annual battle against invasive giant snakes is returning this summer as the Florida Python Challenge officially kicks off from July 10 to July 19, 2026. Organised in partnership with the ...

Florida hosts an annual Python Challenge, offering a $10,000 prize to the participant who removes the most invasive pythons. The 2025 challenge winner, Taylor Stanberry, was the first woman to win and ...

Florida's invasive Burmese python may have met its match with the opossum. Researchers in Florida are using an unexpected tool to help fight invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades: opossums.

Native scavengers may be exploiting Burmese python nests to their benefit but it's unclear how often it is happening.

When you capture a Burmese python for the record books, you find creative ways to measure it or show the perspective of just how big the snake is. How do you do that? With human yardsticks. At least ...