TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA )— Participants can now have the opportunity to win big as the 2026 Florida Python Challenge kicks off on ...

Python tacos? Python pizza? 'Chicken of the Glades?' Florida considered making invasive snakes a food source. Then science ...

"We're not putting these animals out there and in harm's way. Harm's way is there. We're just documenting what is happening." ...

The News-Press and Naples Daily News asked Kodiak Hengstebeck of the FWC 10 questions about this year's Python Challenge.

A Burmese python population has emerged in Southwest Florida, raising fresh concerns about the invasive predator's spread.

A Burmese python population has emerged in Southwest Florida, raising fresh concerns about the invasive predator's spread.

In the annals of record-breaking animals, there is big, and then there is Florida python big. Leave it to a professional ...

It was the catch of a lifetime. For contracted python hunter Carl Jackson, wrangling a near record python earlier this year (Jan. 13) was likely satisfying in more ways than one. First, his struggle ...

The 2026 Florida Python Challenge starts July 10. It is another opportunity for hunters to put a dent in the invasive Burmese python population and win some money while doing it. Whether you are a ...

Florida pays contracted hunters to remove invasive Burmese pythons from the Everglades. Native to Southeast Asia, the pythons have caused a severe decline in native mammal populations. Conservative ...

A study found 25 seed types in python guts and 73 types in tegus, including both native and invasive plants. The reptiles may be effectively spreading native plant seeds, complicating their role in ...

Python hunters should wear long pants, closed-toed shoes, and bring tools like a flashlight and snake hook. Novice hunters must humanely kill pythons immediately at the capture site; firearms are ...