In the annals of record-breaking animals, there is big, and then there is Florida python big. Leave it to a professional ...
Luckily, stopping even one breeding event can significantly reduce future snake numbers.
Nothing says Florida quite like a state agency-sponsored event where participants can win $10,000 in cash by hunting and capturing invasive pythons slithering through the Everglades. And while the ...
The annual Florida Python Challenge is only a few weeks away, but participants will have trouble matching a new record set earlier this month. Between November 2025 and April 2026, researchers removed ...
Researchers captured 177 invasive Burmese pythons and removed more than 4,100 eggs during a single breeding season in Southwest Florida.
A team of Burmese python hunters caught a record breaking 8,000 pounds in snake this season. Meet the man leading the crusade.
Last year’s winner was Taylor Stanberry, who removed 60 Burmese pythons in the record-breaking 2025 event ...
Last year, Taylor Stanberry caught 60 Burmese pythons with her bare hands—a state record. But this self-taught hunter says she doesn't enjoy killing the snakes, she just knows it's a necessity. Taylor ...
Hundreds of hunters will scour the Everglades for cash prizes as a key window opens to stop one of Florida's most destructive invaders.
Hundreds of python hunters will spend the next 10 days removing as many of the invasive reptiles as they can in south Florida ...
Over four tons of invasive Burmese pythons have been removed from Southwest Florida ecosystems during this breeding season. Here's how this remarkable achievement was accomplished and why it is so ...
A Florida man was fined for catching an invasive python in Everglades National Park. His case was later dismissed.