With a new year under way the South Florida Water Management Districted (SFWMD) is once again incentivizing Burmese python hunters in Florida to eliminate as many of the invasive snakes as they can ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission will announce the dates for this year's Python Challenge on May 19.

Contracted Burmese python hunter Carl Jackson, his wife, son and daughter, worked together to capture a 202-pound female python (16 feet, 10 inches) on Jan. 13, 2026 in the Everglades. It's the second ...

Three hunters recently captured a massive Burmese python in the Florida Everglades. Zach Hoffman, Jan Gianello and Justice Sargood caught the invasive snake near Everglades City just after midnight on ...

Every month the South Florida Water Management District challenges contracted hunters to eliminate as many of the invasive ...

Florida's Python Elimination Program pays certified hunters to remove the invasive snakes from the Everglades. Burmese pythons have caused a severe decline in native small mammal populations in South ...

A Florida snake hunter, his wife, and their two kids were able to wrestle and take out a whopping 202-pound Burmese python in a battle that saw the slithering beast drag the professional some 15 feet ...

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 incentivizes hunters to eliminate invasive Burmese pythons through programs offering cash rewards. The invasive snakes, numbering in the tens of thousands, disrupt the Everglades ecosystem by ...