Can you use your firearm while competing in the Florida Python Challenge? Here's what to know before it begins.

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 ...

The Florida Python Challenge is held annually to raise awareness of Burmese pythons, an invasive snake, and the damage it has ...

Case dismissed, but fight spotlights clash between aggressive invasive species threat and federal park rules on handling ...

Florida wildlife officials released more information about the 2026 Florida Python Challenge on Tuesday, which brings hunters from all over to compete for a big cash prize while also helping protect ...

"By engaging the public in science-based invasive species management, we are able to raise awareness and strengthen support ...

A Florida man holds a python in Everglades National Park. Yatir Nitzany of Miami was riding his bike through Everglades ...

A Burmese python sits in the grass at Everglades Holiday Park in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on April 25, 2019. - Along with the venomous lionfish, the Burmese python is perhaps the least welcome ...

Conservancy of Southwest Florida biologists caught the heaviest Burmese python ever recorded in the Florida Everglades in 2022. The colossal female python weighed an eye-popping 215 pounds and was ...

Today the dates will be announced for the 2026 Florida Python Challenge. But who can forget 2025 when history was made?

The winter freeze didn't dim the Burmese python population in Florida but the drought may mean new challenges to hunters in the 2026 Python Challenge.