The annual Florida Python Challenge is set to begin. Starting at 12:01 a.m. ET July 10 and concluding at 5 p.m. July 19, ...

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 ...

The June winners of the South Florida Water Management District python elimination program rakes in snakes and money.

The Florida Python Challenge is an annual competition to help control the invasive Burmese python population. Hunters must humanely kill captured pythons, and decapitation is not considered a humane ...

As the 2026 Florida Python Challenge is underway, one Florida restaurant will let you cash in your catch for a pizza. The ...

Hundreds of hunters will scour the Everglades for cash prizes as a key window opens to stop one of Florida's most destructive invaders.

FWC, South Florida Water Management District host 10-day competition with $25,000 in prizes.

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 ...

It's almost python hunting season in Florida! Every year, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and the South Florida Water Management District host a python challenge and award ...

Python hunters should wear long pants, closed-toed shoes, and bring tools like a flashlight and snake hook. Novice hunters must humanely kill pythons immediately at the capture site; firearms are ...