Tom Rahill won the annual event, earning $10,000 for removing 96 Burmese pythons from South Florida ...

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

Florida python hunters will start competing in the state's annual invasive species removal contest one minute past midnight. Participants in the 10-day event can win a portion of $25,000 in cash while ...

Three python hunters received $1,000 for catching the longest snake in their division during the 2026 Florida Python Challenge.

The 2026 Florida Python Challenge is a 10-day event for professionals and amateurs to hunt invasive Burmese pythons. The event aims to reduce the python population, raise awareness, and protect the ...

Tom Rahill, founder of Swamp Apes, handles a Burmese python at Everglades Holiday Park in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on April 25, 2019. RHONA WISE/AFP via Getty Images A 69-year-old professional python ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tom Rahill won $10,000 for removing 96 pythons, while Rahm Levinson caught the longest snake at 16 feet 5 inches The annual event ...

Florida's Super Bowl of python hunting, the 2026 Florida Python Challenge, begins Friday, July 10. For 10 days, snake hunters − professionals and novices − will be spread out at designated areas that ...