The annual Python Challenge, aimed at reducing the invasive Burmese python population in the Florida Everglades, kicked off Aug. 9 and wraps up Aug. 18. It may seem like a well-intentioned effort to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The invasive Burmese python continues to plague the South Florida ecosystem, most notably in the Everglades. The snake established ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jim Turner, of Bradenton, and Dusty Crum try to control two Burmese Pythons they found next to each other on a canal bank, while ...

The Florida Python Challenge is a 10-day competition to remove invasive Burmese pythons. Participants can earn prize money, with $10,000 going to whoever catches the most pythons. Burmese pythons can ...

Python Huntress Amy Siewe participated in a video Q&A with us about her life of hunting Burmese pythons in Florida?

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 participated ...

Florida 'Python Huntress' Amy Siewe, explains what it feels like to be bitten by the invasive Burmese python.

Taylor Stanberry won the 2025 Florida Python Challenge, removing 60 invasive Burmese pythons. The first-time participant earned $10,000 for her efforts during the 10-day competition. Stanberry, along ...

Florida Lieutenant Governor Jeanette Nuñez announced on Thursday (May 30) that registration for the 2024 Florida Python Challenge is open. Nuñez and officials from the Florida Fish and Wildlife ...

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 ...