Last year’s winner was Taylor Stanberry, who removed 60 Burmese pythons in the record-breaking 2025 event ...
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Florida hunter lands one of the state's biggest pythons, a 202-pound female carrying 200 eggs
Catches like this can be a massive win toward slowing the spread of a problematic invasive species.
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Florida woman catches 60 pythons in 10 days, becomes challenge's first female winner
"There were a lot of little baby snakes just getting out of the nest." ...
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Florida scientists confirm Burmese pythons can swallow full-grown deer, alligators whole
Still, scientists no longer consider complete eradication realistic.
A Burmese python population has emerged in Southwest Florida, raising fresh concerns about the invasive predator's spread.
BetOnline is allowing users to bet on the outcome of the Florida Python Challenge. Is that legal?
Eric Suarez, research program coordinator for University of Florida Croc Docs, holds a female python during a research trip ...
Burmese pythons are recognizable by more than their size. Hunters should be on the lookout for a telltale, arrow-shaped ...
Brandon Welty, a python researcher with Croc Docs, holds up an antenna and receiver to track where a male python during ...
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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 creatures.
The annual Florida Python Challenge is only a few weeks away, but participants will have trouble matching a new record set earlier this month. Between November 2025 and April 2026, researchers removed ...
In Florida, the Burmese python has established itself as “a slithering menace that is wiping out species”, Galante says.
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