One of Florida's most anticipated events of the year is almost here. The Florida Python Challenge is a 10-day competition encouraging participants to remove Burmese pythons from eight ...

In just over a week, hundreds of python hunters will descend on the Everglades ecosystem in Southern Florida for the state’s annual Python Challenge. Last year 857 participants helped remove 195 ...

If there was such a thing as a Hall of Fame for python photos, we think we have a bunch that would qualify. The galleries of pythons in Florida seen on this page come from the cameras of our talented ...

Donna Kalil is a contracted snake hunter who won the 2024 Florida Python Challenge for catching and removing 11 of the invasive reptiles. In just over a week, hundreds of python hunters will descend ...

The Florida Python Challenge is a 10-day competition to remove invasive Burmese pythons. The competition raises awareness of the threat these snakes pose to the Everglades ecosystem. Burmese pythons ...

Over the weekend, hunters nabbed one of the heaviest Burmese pythons ever recorded in the state of Florida. Mike Elfenbein said the catch was made Friday at Big Cypress National Reserve. The 17-foot, ...

The 2022 Florida Python Challenge is under way—and hundreds of participants re sharing their experiences online. The Python Challenge, which began on August 5 and will run until August 14, is a ...

An enormous 20-foot python, which weighed in at 110 pounds, has been caught lurking in a river dam in Malaysia. The snake was found in Sungai Ulu Lenggong village in the Baling District, on April 10, ...

These hunters couldn't just slither their way out of this one! In order to win a cash prize, they had to face a snake head-on. Hailing from the U.S. and Canada, more than 900 people participated in ...

Donna Kalil, a python hunter who removes invasive Burmese pythons, displays a bag of python meat at a service plaza near Miami on Friday, April 23, 2021. Donna Kalil, a python hunter who removes ...

A Southeast Texas resident spotted a giant python on the loose near his home and alerted his neighbors. Last week, Clayton Lee posted a message in his Nextdoor community asking people if they had ...