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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, ...

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

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 hunt for invasive Burmese pythons in the Florida Everglades is officially returning this summer, state officials announced today. The 2026 Florida Python Challenge will begin at 12:01 a.

Florida’s war against the Burmese python (Python bivittatus) is still going strong, but you can do your part to battle one of the state’s most destructive invasive species. Earlier this week, ...

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The dates for the 2026 Florida Python Challenge are set. Here's how last year's winner captured a whopping 60 pythons for the $10,000 grand prize.