Agencies across the state have been refining the Florida Python Challenge, through the years, to minimize inhumane euthanasia and curb fraud, all while continuing to encourage participation in the … ...

Agencies across the state have been refining the Florida Python Challenge, through the years, to minimize inhumane euthanasia and curb fraud, all while continuing to encourage participation in the … ...

Officials estimate that pythons have killed 95% of small mammals as well as thousands of birds in Everglades National Park ...

The competition helps protect the Everglades habitat and all its native animals by removing the invasive snakes. Can I use a gun to kill a python in the Florida Python Challenge?

If you're looking for a way to become $10,000 richer, killing pythons may be it. The Florida Python Challenge starts in August and incentivizes hunters to euthanize as many invasive Burmese ...

Florida wants you to kill as many of the invasive Burmese pythons as you can during the 10-days contest in July. But you can't shoot them.

The 2024 Florida Python Challenge is Aug. 9-18. You have to register to participate. Cash prizes are awarded.

On the third Thursday of the month the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission presents a one-hour class call 'Python Patrol'.

Kevin Pavlidis, a professional python hunter, earns $50 for the first four feet of reptile and $25 per additional foot. He caught Florida's longest python — 18 feet and 9.75 inches — in 2019.

Recent sightings and captures of invasive Burmese pythons at Florida homes were caught on video. Are they invading urban areas?

Registration has opened for Florida's annual python hunting challenge. The competition is not for the faint of heart.

A hunter shooting a gun to kill a python? Forbidden. What about freezing the snake to kill it? Prohibited. A python run over by a car? Not allowed. These types of killings have happened before ...