Taylor Stanberry became the first woman to win Florida's annual python challenge last year by catching 60 pythons during the ...

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, ...

Eric Suarez, research program coordinator for University of Florida Croc Docs, holds a female python during a research trip ...

Last year’s winner was Taylor Stanberry, who removed 60 Burmese pythons in the record-breaking 2025 event ...

In the annals of record-breaking animals, there is big, and then there is Florida python big. Leave it to a professional ...

"One python can lay 50 eggs, and those pythons 50 more eggs as the process continues." ...

Python tacos? Python pizza? 'Chicken of the Glades?' Florida considered making invasive snakes a food source. Then science ...

Ahead of the Florida Python Challenge in July 2026, see what the bite of the snakes' powerful jaws looks like.

A Burmese python population has emerged in Southwest Florida, raising fresh concerns about the invasive predator's spread.

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