Here's what we know about the 2026 Florida Python Challenge, how the yearly hunt works and a little bit about last year's winner.

Good luck finding pythons, the invasive species that has been slithering around the Everglades for years and destroying the ecosystem. But just because pythons are difficult to find doesn't stop ...

There was some big snake news in 2025. Taylor Stanberry, a Naples native, was the 2025 Florida Python Challenge winner and the first woman to ever win the competition. She captured 60 of the invasive ...

Burmese pythons are an invasive species in Florida, primarily established in the Everglades and South Florida. These snakes ...

It was a productive 2025 for Burmese python hunter Kevin Pavlidis. Pavlidis once again captured the most pythons in December for the South Florida Water Management District's Python Elimination ...

Burmese pythons are spreading across south Florida but will we start to see them slither up north? What to know ...