The 2026 Florida Python Challenge is a 10-day event for professionals and amateurs to hunt invasive Burmese pythons. The event aims to reduce the python population, raise awareness, and protect the ...

Florida python hunters will start competing in the state's annual invasive species removal contest one minute past midnight. Participants in the 10-day event can win a portion of $25,000 in cash while ...

Florida Python Challenge 2026 winner Tom Rahill captured 96 invasive Burmese pythons in 10 days, all from Everglades National Park, shattering the all-time competition record by 60 percent. The ...

Burmese python hunters slogging through Florida’s muggy southern reaches may find their most valuable tool in the future is more than a keen eye and courage. It could be their cellphone. University of ...