The dates for the 2025 Florida Python Challenge are set. Take a look at the longest and heaviest Burmese pythons ever caught ...

Burmese pythons are nonvenomous, but they're one of the most destructive invasive species in Florida. Can you shoot them?

Every August, the state encourages hunters to thin the Burmese snake population with a 10-day competition, The Florida Python Challenge, which offers prizes for the most killed and the longest ...

If you see a Burmese python slithering across your Florida driveway, can you shoot it? Turns out, yes. Humanely. Burmese pythons — large, nonvenomous constrictor snakes — are native to South ...

The 2025 Florida Python Challenge, a 10-day competition to remove invasive Burmese pythons, will run from July 11-20. $25,000 in prizes will be awarded, including $10,000 for most pythons caught.

Sightings should be reported to the FWC via hotline, app, or website. If you see a Burmese python slithering across your Florida driveway, can you shoot it? Turns out, yes. Humanely. Burmese ...

Efforts to control their numbers include hunting challenges and research into their behavior, with bobcats surprisingly preying on python eggs. The Burmese python, native to Southeast Asia ...

Right image: A large Burmese python mating ball discovered in the Everglades containing one female and five males. (Image credit: Conservancy of Southwest Florida) Left image: Ian Bartoszek, a ...

Researchers scouring a dense forest in India came across the rare encounter of a Burmese python swallowing a much larger reticulated python, but the big question is why? The chilling and unprecedented ...

Florida wildlife officials have unveiled the dates for the 2025 Florida Python Challenge, as part of a broader conservation effort to protect the Everglades from invasive Burmese pythons.