Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Taylor Stanberry with two fistfuls of Burmese python hatchlings. She won the Challenge in 2025 by catching 60 snakes. Hundreds of ...

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 ...

The Conservancy of Southwest Florida shared during a news conference in June that its python team, led by biologist and program manager Ian Bartoszek, removed a record 8,000 pounds of the invasive ...

The Conservancy of Southwest Florida's python team removed a record 8,000 pounds of the invasive snake from Collier County. Biologists captured an extra-large, 16-foot, 135-pound female python while ...

The 2026 Florida Python Challenge saw hundreds of participants compete to remove the invasive species from South Florida. Hunter Tom Rahill won the $10,000 grand prize for catching the most snakes, ...