The Florida Python Challenge is underway. In 2022, scientist found a 5-foot alligator carcass inside an 18-foot Burmese python. See viral video.

The challenge was created to increase awareness about the invasive species and the threats it poses to Florida's ecology. The person who removed the most pythons, 28, won $10,000.

2024 Python Challenge Winner: Ronald Kiger Kiger, who won the grand prize of $10,000 by capturing 20 pythons, thanked his family at the Duck Key meeting for "putting up with 10 days of camping in ...

A 19-year-old Florida man won the top prize in the state's annual Florida Python Challenge after capturing and removing 28 Burmese pythons, an invasive species in the Everglades.

When is the Florida Python Challenge? The Florida Python Challenge is a 10-day event, running from 12:01 a.m. Friday, July 11, running through 5 p.m. Sunday, July 20.