A record-breaking result from Florida's annual python hunt is drawing attention — but for a sobering reason. Even after 294 ...

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Registration is open for the 2026 Florida Python Challenge, a 10-day competition that offers participants a shot at $25,000 ...

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Florida's invasive Burmese python may have met its match with the opossum. Researchers in Florida are using an unexpected tool to help fight invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades: opossums.

The Florida Python Challenge is an annual 10-day competition to remove invasive Burmese pythons from South Florida's ecosystem. The 2025 challenge saw 934 participants remove a record 294 pythons, ...

Take a walk on the wild side with a python, which slithers through Florida grass as a GoPro camera follows along.

Deep in the Florida swamps, I came face to face with a 10-foot python - and caught it with my bare hands.

Something has been quietly emptying the Everglades. Burmese pythons — some stretching past 13 feet — have spent decades working through South Florida's food ...

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The dates for the 2026 Florida Python Challenge – the annual 10-day hunt for invasive Burmese pythons – were announced today, May 19, with registration now open. The 2026 python hunt will run from ...