The 10-day event drew 907 participants from 30 states and overseas, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. The longest snake pulled during the challenge measured nearly 17 ...

The full list of this year’s top python hunters is finally here. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and partners announced the results of the 2026 Florida Python Challenge, saying 907 participants from 30 states, plus Canada and Vietnam, removed ...

The results are in from the 2026 Florida Python Challenge, and wildlife officials say hundreds of invasive Burmese pythons were removed from the Everglades during the annual competition.

Each year, the challenge awards $10,000 to the individual who removes the most pythons during the event. For 2026, Tom Rahill took home the prize after capturing 96 Burmese pythons, all of which he ...

The results and winners of the 2026 Florida Python Challenge were announced on Wednesday, bringing the annual competition to a close.

The 2026 annual Florida Python Challenge — a 10-day Everglades conservation event — removed nearly 300 snakes, the biggest ...

Even so, specialists say Lee County is unlikely to be a true break between neighboring counties where the invasive snakes are already entrenched. Spotting these predators is notoriously hard, even ...

Photographer and writer Bob Bramblet is the past president of the Florida Outdoors Writers Association, and he wrote a book ...

In this first person column from 2024, a Naples resident shared details of his first-ever python hunt and what he learned.

WASHINGTON — Federal regulators are seeking to close a loophole that allows cable TV operators to withhold sporting events and other popular programming that they own from rival providers such as ...

The South Florida Water Management District's Python Elimination Program rewards hunters for removing the invasive snakes. In May 2026, contracted hunters eliminated 315 python eggs from the ...