In two weeks, the 2026 Florida Python Challenge™ kicks off! Registered participants have the opportunity to win a share of $25,000 in prizes while removing invasive Burmese pythons from the Everglades ...

I’m excited to announce that the annual Florida Python Challenge™ is back for 2026! Kicking off on Friday, July 10 at 12:01 a.m., and running until Sunday, July 19 at 5 p.m., registered participants ...

Florida Python Challenge 2026 brings big snake prizes The 2026 Florida Python Challenge is scheduled for July 10–19. Registration to hunt pythons for prizes, including the $10,000 grand prize, is open ...

The 2025 Python Challenge drew more than 900 participants from 30 different states to remove the massive snakes. The annual event known as the Python Challenge designed to reduce the number of the ...

(From Left to Right: Fiorella Fernandez, FWC, Diamond Bergeron, Bergeron Everglades Foundation, Annisa Karim, FWC, Tom Reinert, FWC, "Alligator" Ron Bergeron, SFWMD, Kodiak Hengstebeck, FWC, Pedro ...

Robert Edman, with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, demonstrates how to catch a python during an event promoting the Florida Python Challenge on Dec. 5, 2019. Al Diaz ...

The $10,000 grand prize will be awarded to the participant who removes the most Burmese pythons during the challenge. Drained reflecting pool reveals Trump's 'American flag blue' liner is now closer ...

A Burmese python sits in the grass at Everglades Holiday Park in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on April 25, 2019. - Along with the venomous lionfish, the Burmese python is perhaps the least welcome ...

Registration is now officially open for the upcoming Florida Python Challenge registration window, allowing participants to sign up for the summer event. Registered competitors will have the ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Registration is open, and dates have been announced for the 2026 Florida Python Challenge. The competition will begin at 12:01 a.m. on July 10 and wrap up at 5 p.m. on July 19, ...