Florida's annual prize-winning hunt for invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades is slated to begin Aug. 5.

Python hunt! 800 compete to remove Florida's invasive snakes FILE - A Burmese python is held during a safe capture demonstration on June 16, 2022, in Miami.

Registration has opened for Florida's annual python hunting challenge. The competition is not for the faint of heart.

Registration has opened for Florida's annual python hunting challenge. The competition is not for the faint of heart.

Florida’s snake hunters can once again vie to capture the state’s invasive Burmese pythons for a chance at thousands of dollars in prizes. Registration for the 2022 Florida Python Challenge ...

Florida has spent decades attempting to address its Burmese python problem, and the state holds an annual competition that ...

WINTER PARK, Fla. – On the first day of the 2022 Python Challenge, News 6 spoke with a Rollins College student living in Winter Park who was able to wrangle up a nearly 18-foot-long Burmese ...

A record haul marked this year's Florida Python Challenge, with nearly 300 Burmese pythons removed from the wild, according ...

Earlier in 2022, Gov. Ron DeSantis said this year’s state budget includes $3 million specifically for python removal in the Everglades, including technology such as infrared sensors to locate ...

Sure, Florida’s python roundup may be a little gimmicky — an annual photo op with swarms of media and high-dollar prizes (so far totaling more than $24,000 this year) but the motivation is ...