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Get ready, snake hunters: Florida's $25,000 python challenge is back in the Everglades

The event also draws attention to the risks of releasing nonnative pets into the wild.

Guns? Weapons hunters can use in Florida's python challenge

Can you use your firearm while competing in the Florida Python Challenge? Here's what to know before it begins.

Python captures by Florida scientists overshadowed by hoopla over annual amateur contest

According to the Bible, the world’s first con man was a snake. It deceived Adam and Eve, leading them to commit the first sin ...

8,000 pounds of invasive Burmese python removed from the Florida Everglades

The season’s largest female python weighed 153 pounds and measured 17 feet long. As a result of their work, researchers ...
Nashville Scene

Reptile Dysfunction: ‘The Python Hunt’ Reveals Who the True Monsters Are

I kept waiting for The Python Hunt to become the most Florida Man movie ever made. The Python Hunt. NR, 91 minutes. Opening ...
USA Today

Florida Python Challenge 2026 dates are set. How 2025 champ scored the win

The dates for the 2026 Florida Python Challenge – the annual 10-day hunt for invasive Burmese pythons – were announced today, May 19, with registration now open. The 2026 python hunt will run from ...

See photogenic Florida hunters pose with their python 'trophies'

The South Florida Water Management District's Python Elimination Program has been a big success since it started in 2025.
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Florida's giant pythons are not just eating wildlife, they are spreading seeds across the Everglades

When an invasive species alters that system, the effects can extend far beyond the food chain.