Nearly 300 Burmese pythons were removed during a record-setting Florida Python Challenge this year, state wildlife officials said. The 10-day competition that ran from July 11-20 resulted in a record ...

Xander Robin's fluorescent, stranger-than-fiction 'The Python Hunt' follows a variety of American oddballs in the annual ...

Florida’s ongoing war against Burmese pythons has led to new records and the crowning of a new serpent slayer: a Naples woman who vanquished a whopping 60 of the pesky invaders during the 2025 edition ...

The Florida Python Challenge brings out a fascinating cast of characters, all captured by the director Xander Robin’s camera.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jim Turner, of Bradenton, and Dusty Crum try to control two Burmese Pythons they found next to each other on a canal bank, while ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For the animals and plants native to the Florida Everglades, the removal of invasive species like the Burmese python is a tough ...

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

Florida wildlife officials have unveiled the dates for the 2025 Florida Python Challenge, as part of a broader conservation effort to protect the Everglades from invasive Burmese pythons. The ...

The snakes have been officially counted and we have a winner for the 2024 Florida Python Challenge. On Tuesday (Sept. 17) the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission announced that this year ...

For the animals and plants native to the Florida Everglades, the removal of invasive species like the Burmese python is a tough job that someone’s got to do. But for many military veterans who help ...