Hunting pythons in Florida requires knowing more than you think

It's important for new or wanna-be python hunters to understand the basics when it comes to eliminating the invasive ...

Florida Python Challenge is back. Why the state wants more snake hunters

The annual Florida Python Challenge is set to begin. Starting at 12:01 a.m. ET July 10 and concluding at 5 p.m. July 19, ...
Sun Sentinel

Python hunters get paid by the hour. Here’s what it takes to do it for a living.

So you want to become the next Florida python hunter. The feat is not as simple as slinging a few snakes while galivanting through the swampy Everglades before calling it a day. Take it from Amy Siewe ...

Needle-like python teeth can be painful experience for hunters

As python hunters head out into the Everglades for the 2026 Florida Python Challenge, many of them will feel the bite of the invasive snake.
Reader's Digest

Meet the Women Who Catch Python Snakes in the Everglades Every Night

Invasive Burmese pythons are squeezing the life out of the Everglades. An unlikely sisterhood of the swamp is taking them on. For Beth Koehler and Peggy Van Gorder, this is how it works: Three days a ...
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Cut the head off this invasive python-looking fish if you see it, conservationists say

Conservationists are telling anglers to cut the head off a predatory, reptile-looking fish that can breathe air if they find one. Northern snakehead fish are native to Asia, and were first found in ...
Miami Herald

Hunters converged on Florida Everglades to kill invasive pythons. Here’s final tally

Nearly 200 Burmese pythons were removed from the wild as part of the 2024 Florida Python Challenge, officials said. Carol Lyn Parrish Photo from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission ...