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

This year's Florida Python Challenge was July 10-19 at eight designated locations in south Florida. More than 900 hunters participated.

Months of planning, a remote swamp route and a remarkable discovery helped this determined hunter turn a grueling challenge ...

Burmese pythons are an invasive species in the Everglades, and the challenge is part of initiative to remove them ...

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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Burmese python hunters slogging through Florida's muggy southern reaches may find their most valuable tool in the future is more ...

The dates for the 2026 Florida Python Challenge – the annual 10-day hunt for invasive Burmese pythons – were announced today, May 19, with registration now open. The 2026 python hunt will run from ...

For years, the Everglades was known for its tangled wetlands, alligators and an abundance of smaller mammals moving through ...

Photographer and writer Bob Bramblet is the past president of the Florida Outdoors Writers Association, and he wrote a book called 'Where the Python Sleeps'.

Note to our audience: This first-person story, a story written by a board member of the Conservancy of Southwest Florida who joined biologists on a python hunt earlier that year, was originally ...

Burmese python hunters slogging through Florida’s muggy southern reaches may find their most valuable tool in the future is more than a keen eye and courage. It could be their cellphone. University of ...