Florida’s 10-day Python Challenge is underway as hunters take to the Everglades for glory, a $10,000 prize, and to help rid the state of its invasive Burmese python problem. According to the FWC, the ...

The annual Florida Python Challenge is back. The event offers hunters from across the country the chance to win a $10,000 Ultimate Grand Prize for removing the most invasive Burmese pythons from the ...

Donna Kalil is a contracted snake hunter who won the 2024 Florida Python Challenge for catching and removing 11 of the invasive reptiles. In just over a week, hundreds of python hunters will descend ...

Florida's Burmese pythons have reached a level of lore in Florida that perhaps no other animals have held in the state. They're the ultimate of swamp monsters. Pythons are gigantic predators from ...

But make no mistake, it’s hard to spot these masters of camouflage in the wild. In the state’s most recent Python Challenge —a widely publicized contest that awards hunters who catch the most snakes — ...

In just over a week, hundreds of python hunters will descend on the Everglades ecosystem in Southern Florida for the state’s annual Python Challenge. Last year 857 participants helped remove 195 ...

The Florida Python Challenge is an annual competition aimed at eliminating invasive Burmese pythons. The challenge takes place in designated breeding grounds in and around the Everglades. While ...

New Florida tourist thrill: Hunt, and maybe catch, a python. ‘No experience necessary’ Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald Oct 20, 2024 Updated Aug 28, 2025 0 ...

The 2025 Florida Python Challenge, co-hosted by the FWC and the South Florida Water Management District, concluded on July 20th. Over 900 hunters from the U.S. and Canada participated in the 10-day ...

MIAMI — On their Florida vacations, Rob Wessels and his family have pursued an array of typical outings — deep-sea fishing, a stroll at the farmers market, tanning at the pool and beach. On the most ...

Otto was more than a good dog. The German wirehaired pointer made a name for himself hunting invasive species in the tangled canals and swamps of South Florida, tracking down iguanas and pythons with ...