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The annual competition to raise awareness and eliminate the invasive Burmese python was held July 10-20, 2025 in the ...
The Burmese python — an apex predator that can grow over 18 feet long and eat animals larger than itself — has decimated native wildlife throughout much of South Florida. Its presence is directly ...
The number of Python Challenge participants has fluctuated through the years including a high of nearly 1,600 in 2013. Meet the 2025 winner, Taylor Stanberry.
A team dedicated to controlling populations of invasive Burmese pythons in Florida has deployed another unique method to find ...
Florida man strikes again! This time, he’s catching Burmese pythons that brought him a solid payday, collecting a total of 87 of the invasive species for a cash prize of $1,000 via an incentive system ...
There’s mounting evidence Everglades pythons can migrate north and west from South Florida. Have they invaded Palm Beach ...
An alligator in the Florida Everglades was seen doing its part to combat the invasion of Burmese pythons in the region, chomping on the limp body of one of the massive snakes and swimming off with the ...
A python hunter caught 87 invasive Burmese pythons in the wild in South Florida in July as part of a new incentive program.
Aaron Mann captured 87 pythons in July as a part of the South Florida Water Management District’s python program. The South ...
Burmese pythons are connected with a 90% decrease in mammals in the Florida Everglades. Conservationists use various tools to remove the invasive species, rather than one single solution.
The Florida Python Challenge is held annually to raise awareness of Burmese pythons, an invasive snake, and the damage it has inflicted on the Everglades.