The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has announced the ultimate champion of the 2025 Florida Python Challenge.

The ten-day annual Florida snake hunt is now underway. Here's what to know before slithering over to the Everglades.

Florida officials are testing a new method for detecting invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades that involves robotic ...

Burmese python During the 2023 challenge, 209 invasive Burmese pythons were removed from the Florida Everglades. Click here for more information on registering for the 2024 Florida Python Challenge.

The Florida Python Challenge is a 10-day competition created by FWC to encourage participants to remove the large nonvenomous constrictor snakes that are an invasive species in Florida.

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has crowned a winner in the state’s annual Python Challenge, a competition that tasks hunters with removing ...

The winner of the $10,000 ultimate grand prize this year was Taylor Stanberry, who removed a whopping 60 pythons.

Donna Kalil, a contract hunter for the South Florida Water Management District, nabbed 56 snakes during the Python Challenge between July 11 and July 20. She brought in 19 during the 2024 contest when ...

It's official, the Florida Python Challenge this year has a winner. The $10,000 grand prize went to Ronald Kiger, who removed 20 Burmese pythons from the Florida Everglades during the 10-day hunt ...

That's why the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) introduced the Python Challenge, where hunters go after as many of the invasive snakes as possible over ten days.

According to a news release, the 2023 Florida Python Challenge, which runs from Aug. 4 through 5 p.m. on Aug. 13, is a way to eliminate Burmese pythons from the Everglades. The challenge teaches ...

The FWC announced the dates for the annual snake hunt, the 2025 Florida Python Challenge. What to know on dates, prize money.