The FWC will announce all of the winners of the 2026 Florida Python Challenge, including the grand prize winner this week in Panama City.

The challenge should be thought of more as a spectacle.

Burmese pythons in Florida are devouring animals as small as rabbits and as big as deer and alligators. How they do it is fascinating and unsettling.

The annual Florida Python Challenge is set to begin. Starting at 12:01 a.m. ET July 10 and concluding at 5 p.m. July 19, ...

Southwest Florida-shot documentary "The Python Hunt" saw a limited run in U.S. theaters earlier this year. Now the movie's ...

Last year’s winner was Taylor Stanberry, who removed 60 Burmese pythons in the record-breaking 2025 event ...

The species is widely kept as a pet in the United States and usually grows to about 3 to 4 feet long.

The Florida Python Challenge is a 10-day competitive hunt created by the FWC to encourage participants to remove pythons from seven commission-managed lands in South Florida. This ...

As far as Dusty Crum is aware, his Florida restaurant is the only pizza place in the world that accepts invasive Burmese pythons as currency.

These images of python hunters with their trophy catches underscore how big a threat these invasive snakes are in Florida.

It's almost python hunting season in Florida! Every year, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and the South Florida Water Management District host a python challenge and award ...

The finding shows local wildlife may be offering assistance.