Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Capture and eliminate. When it comes to the invasive and destructive Burmese python in Florida, it's as simple as those two words.

Florida holds an annual 10-day Python Challenge to control the invasive Burmese python population. Participants compete for prizes, including a $10,000 grand prize for removing the most pythons. The ...

Half of the winners in this year’s Python Challenge were women, the highest number of huntresses to take home prizes in the annual contest that pits wits and skill as much as muscle against the ...

Dates for the 2025 Florida Python Challenge have been announced. The Florida Python Challenge is a 10-day competition to remove invasive Burmese pythons from South Florida. Participants must complete ...

Taylor Stanberry is the Ultimate Grand Prize Winner for the 2025 Florida Python Challenge thanks to her efforts to eliminate 60 of the invasive species wreaking havoc with the Everglades ecosystem.

The dates for the 2026 Florida Python Challenge – the annual 10-day hunt for invasive Burmese pythons – were announced today, May 19, with registration now open. The 2026 python hunt will run from ...

Florida’s Python Challenge began as a loosely planned scramble in the Everglades, an experiment in incentive-based extermination, a novelty that in subsequent years would help spawn reality TV shows, ...