News

The 2025 Python Challenge removed a record 294 invasive Burmese pythons from Florida ecosystems. The competition drew more ...
Her name is Taylor Stanberry and thanks to finding and eliminating 60 pythons in July, she's the 2025 winner of the Florida Python Challenge.
A total of 294 Burmese pythons were eliminated during the 2025 Florida Python Challenge – the most of any python challenge since the event started in 2013. But only one snake by a hunter was declared ...
The South Florida Water Management District's new python incentive program has led to the elimination of more than 100 of the invasive snakes.
One python huntress who won a prize in the 2025 Python Challenge has taken a sabbatical from her corporate job to pursue her passion.
The previous longest Burmese python, the group said, was 18 feet and 9 inches long. "We had a feeling that these snakes get this big and now we have clear evidence," Ian Easterling, a biologist ...
In 2023, a 19-foot python was captured in Florida, which would be worth $425 under the new incentive programs.
The 10-day event takes place in 10 FWC-managed areas in South Florida, you can't kill them in your backyard and count them in your numbers. When is the Florida Python Challenge?
The 2025 Florida Python Challenge was won by a woman for the first time ever. Here's who Taylor Stanberry is and how many pythons she caught.