The 2022 Florida Python Challenge culled a total of 231 of the invasive snakes from South Florida. Close to 1,000 participants from 32 states and as far away as Canada and Latvia fanned out across the ...

EVERGLADES CITY, Fla. — Wildlife leaders are celebrating another successful year of the Florida Python Challenge with some pretty hefty prizes for the hunters who bagged the most snakes. This year, ...

Flanked by a huge writhing snake, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced on Thursday that the annual prize-winning hunt for invasive Burmese pythons in the Florida Everglades will begin Aug. 5. People must ...

MIAMI — For everyone who took the time to register for the 2022 Florida Python Challenge — you're about to be really busy! Florida First Lady Casey DeSantis helped kick off the challenge Friday by ...

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — The 2022 Python Challenge has begun. It's time to get out there and remove invasive Burmese pythons, help the Florida Everglades ecosystem and win money. Dates for the challenge ...

A 19-year-old South Florida man captured 28 Burmese pythons during a 10-day competition that was created to increase awareness about the threats the invasive snakes pose to the state's ecology.