Defending python challenge champ facing exhaustion, weather hurdles

Defending champion Taylor Stanberry entered Florida's annual python challenge last-minute. She provided an update midway ...

Florida Python Challenge: 10 questions for expert ahead of competition

The News-Press and Naples Daily News asked Kodiak Hengstebeck of the FWC 10 questions about this year's Python Challenge.

Help wanted: Full-time python hunters get paid for eliminating snakes

The invasive pythons number in the thousands and have unleashed havoc across more than 1,000 square miles of the Everglades ...

In Photos: Scientists snag Everglades python eggs for invasive species research

See scientists wrangling the invasive snakes.

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.
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Florida Python Challenge 2026 Offers $25000 for Invasive Snake Removal

Florida's annual Python Challenge returns July 10 through July 19, offering $25,000 in prizes while encouraging the public to help remove invasive Burmese pythons from the Everglades.