The Florida Python Challenge is held annually to raise awareness of Burmese pythons, an invasive snake, and the damage it has inflicted on the Everglades.

More than 900 people participated in the 2025 Python Challenge, a 10-day snake hunt in South Florida. The catches were monumental this year with 294 pythons captured — the most in the contest's ...

Donna Kalil, a contract hunter for the South Florida Water Management District, nabbed 56 snakes during the Python Challenge between July 11 and July 20. She brought in 19 during the 2024 contest when ...

Dates for the 2025 Florida Python Challenge, a 10-day event aimed at removing invasive Burmese pythons, have been announced by FWC.

The Florida Python Challenge is a 10-day competitive hunt created by the FWC to encourage participants to remove pythons from eight commission-managed lands in South Florida.

2025 Florida Python Challenge had the most women winners in the snake hunt's history One python huntress who won a prize in the 2025 Python Challenge has taken a sabbatical from her corporate job ...

Dates for the 2025 Florida Python Challenge, a 10-day event aimed at removing invasive Burmese pythons, have been announced by FWC.

Florida is hosting its annual 10-day python challenge from July 11 to 20, where participants can register to hunt and humanely euthanize invasive Burmese pythons.

The ten-day annual Florida snake hunt is now underway. Here's what to know before slithering over to the Everglades.