In Florida, hunters have successfully caught and removed hundreds of pythons as part of official conservation efforts.

Vadivel Gopal and Masi Sadaiyan came to Florida as part of an ongoing effort to control the explosion in the python population in the Everglades National Park and beyond. Writer, filmmaker and ...

Here's what we know about the 2026 Florida Python Challenge, how the yearly hunt works and a little bit about last year's ...

Carl Jackson didn't expect such massive results when he set out to hunt pythons with his family on Tuesday, Jan. 13. He was retracing his tracks at Big Cypress National Preserve outside of Naples, ...

With a new year under way the South Florida Water Management Districted (SFWMD) is once again incentivizing Burmese python hunters in Florida to eliminate as many of the invasive snakes as they can ...

Researchers in South Florida are expanding a novel python-hunting method that uses GPS-collared opossums to locate invasive Burmese pythons. The approach, discovered accidentally in 2022, has already ...

Florida hosts an annual Python Challenge, offering a $10,000 prize to the participant who removes the most invasive pythons. The 2025 challenge winner, Taylor Stanberry, was the first woman to win and ...