Exactly one minute after midnight tonight, hundreds of hunters will fan out across the Florida Everglades with a single mission: track down and remove as many invasive Burmese pythons as possible. The ...

The hatchling-heavy count hints at a bigger trend in the Everglades: Burmese pythons are still spreading and reproducing. That helps explain why Florida crews are putting more focus on nests, eggs, ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — One of the latest pythons to be caught in the Everglades is a record-breaker. A pair of trappers caught the 18-foot, 9-inch invasive Burmese python on a hunt working for the South ...

This year's Florida Python Challenge was July 10-19 at eight designated locations in south Florida. More than 900 hunters participated.

Burmese pythons — destructive and invasive snakes with few natural predators in Florida — have developed a new foothold outside the Everglades. A population of the pythons is "established" in South ...

Florida's 2026 Python Challenge begins today, and will last until July 19. A $10,000 reward will be issued to whoever removes the most Burmese pythons from the Everglades. Last year, more than 900 ...

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 ...

This weekend, Enzian Theater in Maitland kicks off a limited run of a slice of peak-Floridian cinematic fare: The Python Hunt. The SXSW award-winning documentary from 2025 is a deep dive into ...