What is the Florida Python Challenge? The Florida Python Challenge is a ten-day competition encouraging participants to remove Burmese pythons from seven Commission-managed lands in South Florida.

Des Moines police notified residents of a potential sighting of a python in the Waterbury neighborhood Aug. 1.

A woman recalls the shocking moment she discovered a 20-foot python in the dumpster at her apartment complex in downtown Los Angeles Tuesday. Teresa Sanchez said she had just pulled into the garage… ...

The 2025 Python Challenge removed a record 294 invasive Burmese pythons from Florida ecosystems. The competition drew more than 900 participants from 30 states and Canada.

The number of Python Challenge participants has fluctuated through the years including a high of nearly 1,600 in 2013. Meet the 2025 winner, Taylor Stanberry.

A Naples woman has emerged victorious in the annual Python Challenge, capturing 60 invasive Burmese pythons to win this year's competition. Taylor Stanberry was named the ultimate grand prize ...

A Florida woman caught 60 snakes in the state's annual 10-day challenge to eliminate the invasive Burmese python species wreaking havoc with the Everglades ecosystem. More than 900 people ...

Florida python hunters Zach Hoffman, Jan Gianello and Justice Sargood caught a massive Burmese python in the Everglades on May 31, 2025.

The annual competition to raise awareness and eliminate the invasive Burmese python was held July 10-20, 2025 in the Everglades.

Taylor Stanberry, 29, was introduced as the 2025 Florida Python Challenge winner on Aug. 13.

Footage shot in the Florida Everglades shows a large alligator gliding through water with a massive Burmese python clutched in its jaws.