Every summer, hundreds of people head into the swamps of South Florida with one goal: find and remove one of the world's most destructive invasive snakes. The annual Florida Python Challenge is back ...

Hundreds of people participated in the heralded 2026 Florida Python Challenge, a 10-day pursuit in sticky South Florida that pits hunters against the state's most notorious invasive species. This year ...

Tom Rahill won the annual event, earning $10,000 for removing 96 Burmese pythons from South Florida The 2026 Florida Python Challenge drew 907 participants from 30 states, Canada and Vietnam Tom ...

The 2025 Florida Python Challenge dates have been announced. The challenge aims to reduce the invasive Burmese python population in the Everglades. Pythons are difficult to find, making the challenge ...

A Florida woman caught 60 snakes in the state's annual 10-day challenge to eliminate the invasive Burmese python species wreaking havoc with the Everglades ecosystem. More than 900 people participated ...

It’s the time of year when Florida officials allow both amateur and professional snake hunters alike to scatter across parts of the Everglades on a mission to capture as many Burmese pythons as they ...

Easy” is not the first word that would describe tracking down invasive Burmese pythons in the dense sawgrass of the Florida Everglades. One hunter, however, managed an extraordinary haul during this ...

The annual Python Challenge, aimed at reducing the invasive Burmese python population in the Florida Everglades, kicked off Aug. 9 and wraps up Aug. 18. It may seem like a well-intentioned effort to ...

Tom Rahill won the annual event, earning $10,000 for removing 96 Burmese pythons from South Florida Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, covering pets, ...