People travel from far and wide to the Florida Python Challenge. They camp in tents, RVs, to catch one of these elusive ...

FWC said this time of year is ideal for holding the Python Challenge because hatchlings are emerging from eggs.

The 2023 Florida Python Challenge is now underway. Participants this year will have the chance to win a share of more than $30,000 in prizes while removing invasive Burmese pythons from the wild.

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 ...

Over 1,000 people put their name to paper to hunt Burmese pythons in the Everglades, but few have managed to capture or kill the invasive snakes.

The annual Florida Python Challenge is underway and concludes Aug. 18. Professional python trapper Brandon Rahe writes that native species, and indeed the entire Everglades ecosystem, would probabl… ...

So are using dogs, drones, traps and off-road vehicles, or killing snakes that are not Burmese pythons. The Florida Python ...

When Burmese python hunters in the annual Florida Python Challenge catch and humanely kill the invasive snake, their job is only partially done. There is a carcass to deal with. Sometimes, a very ...

Let the countdown begin, snake hunters. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has announced the dates and times for the 2024 Python Challenge. The FWC posted on its website ...

Here are six things to know about the Florida Python Challenge:. When is the 2025 Florida Python Challenge? It begins at 12:01 a.m. on July 11, 2025 and it ends at 5 p.m. on July 20, 2025.

Gov. Ron DeSantis and Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez kicked off the 2021 Python Challenge in the Everglades Thursday near Miami. Skip to content. NOWCAST WPBF 25 News at 9 a.m.