A team of Burmese python hunters caught a record breaking 8,000 pounds in snake this season. Meet the man leading the crusade.
Ahead of the Florida Python Challenge in July 2026, see what the bite of the snakes' powerful jaws looks like.
Last year’s winner was Taylor Stanberry, who removed 60 Burmese pythons in the record-breaking 2025 event ...
A ball python, also called the royal python, is a less troublesome cousin to the Burmese, and has been eating its way through the Everglades for decades. Ball pythons are native to west sub Saharan ...
Hunters participating in the Florida Python Challenge in July will have an abundance of python meet. But it is advised that ...
Eric Suarez, research program coordinator for University of Florida Croc Docs, holds a female python during a research trip ...
Brandon Welty, a python researcher with Croc Docs, holds up an antenna and receiver to track where a male python during ...
Florida researchers fitted GPS-collared opossums to track Burmese pythons from the inside — and the hidden biology of this ...
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Florida Python Challenge 2026 Offers $25000 for Invasive Snake Removal
Florida's annual Python Challenge returns July 10 through July 19, offering $25,000 in prizes while encouraging the public to help remove invasive Burmese pythons from the Everglades.
It is not uncommon to spot a Burmese or reticulated python constricting and killing prey in their natural habitat. However, ...
The invasive pythons number in the thousands and have unleashed havoc across more than 1,000 square miles of the Everglades ...
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