The hunt is on in the Everglades as the 2026 Florida Python Challenge officially gets underway. For the next 10 days, ...

The annual Florida Python Challenge is set to begin. Starting at 12:01 a.m. ET July 10 and concluding at 5 p.m. July 19, ...

The annual Florida Python Challenge is only a few weeks away, but participants will have trouble matching a new record set earlier this month. Between November 2025 and April 2026, researchers removed ...

A Florida restaurant trades invasive Burmese pythons for free pizza during the 2026 Python Challenge.

University of Florida researchers documented a surprising new threat to Burmese python eggs in the Everglades, adding to growing evidence that native wildlife is fighting back against the invasive ...

When that happens, animals may compete in ways scientists do not often get to observe in the wild.

The Florida Python Challenge is an annual competition to help control the invasive Burmese python population. Hunters must humanely kill captured pythons, and decapitation is not considered a humane ...

It’s that time of year again; time for an army of hopeful Python pithers to invade our Everglades. They all have their ...

Florida researchers fitted GPS-collared opossums to track Burmese pythons from the inside — and the hidden biology of this ...

As the 2026 Florida Python Challenge is underway, one Florida restaurant will let you cash in your catch for a pizza. The ...

More than 200 of the invasive pythons were removed from South Florida during last year's hunt, according to the FWC.

Python hunters in Florida will begin competing in the state’s annual removal competition one minute after the clock strikes ...