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

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

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

Brandon Welty, a python researcher with Croc Docs, holds up an antenna and receiver to track where a male python during ...

Hunters working across the Florida Everglades removed a record four tons of invasive Burmese pythons in a single coordinated ...

Brandon Welty eased his airboat named “Python Patrol” onto the rocky edge of a man-made island carved from the spoil of a ...

Burmese pythons are recognizable by more than their size. Hunters should be on the lookout for a telltale, arrow-shaped ...

The annual Florida Python Challenge is only a few weeks away, but participants will have trouble matching a new record set ...

Burmese pythons have been spreading across southern Florida for more than four decades, consuming native mammals at rates ...

In Florida, the Burmese python has established itself as “a slithering menace that is wiping out species”, Galante says.

Invasive reptiles may be quietly altering how plants regenerate, moving seeds across the Everglades and complicating efforts ...

The Florida Python Challenge begins July 10 and gives participants the opportunity to remove invasive Burmese pythons from the Everglades while raising awareness about the threat posed by the ...