After he says he stopped an invasive python from heading back into the Everglades, a Florida man ended up with a fine. Yatir Nitzany, 42, said he was biking in Everglades National Park when he noticed an 8-foot Burmese python along the roadside,

Florida’s annual battle against invasive giant snakes is returning this summer as the Florida Python Challenge officially kicks off from July 10 to July 19, 2026. Organised in partnership with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and ...

Florida's annual python challenge awards hunters who capture the invasive snakes from the wild. A decade later, it's done little to reduce the impact of the species on the Everglades ecosystem. There are tens of thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands, of ...