Snake Hunters Head to Florida for the Wildest, Most Viral Competition in the Country

Former “Python Challenge” winner Taylor Stanberry says the timing of this year’s challenge should lead to lots of invasive ...

Florida's Burmese python challenge can't wipe out invasive snakes from the Everglades. Awareness is the real victory, officials say

Florida's annual effort to tackle one of the world's most notorious invasive species is returning this July, but wildlife ...
WGCU

Annual Everglades python hunt will fail to eradicate species next month — and that's OK

The Burmese python does not belong in the Florida Everglades. The invasive species eating its way through the Everglades is native to India, lower China, and some islands of the East Indies. At some ...
Orlando Weekly

Burmese pythons are ‘a South Florida problem rapidly becoming a Central Florida problem’

The annual amateur Florida Python Challenge gets hoopla and cash, but scientists harvest the real goods: tons of snakes and ...

How a python can eat its prey, like a whole deer, is jaw-dropping

Eating its prey can be a process for a python, which is why it relies so heavily on its jaw to get the job done, including ...
AZ Animals

Florida Is Paying Participants $25,000 to Hunt Everglades Pythons This July

To tackle the growing problem, Florida state agencies are sponsoring this year's Florida python hunting challenge.

Is it legal to snag a Burmese python in a park? Not always

A Florida man was hailed as a hero for catching an 8-foot-long invasive python, and then fined for it. Where is it legal to kill them?
Detroit Free Press

Guns? Weapons hunters can use in Florida's python challenge

Florida holds an annual 10-day Python Challenge to control the invasive Burmese python population. Participants compete for prizes, including a $10,000 grand prize for removing the most pythons. The ...