South Florida has an issue with the rapidly reproducing Burmese python. But the state has a plan to remove as many snakes as possible. Lieutenant Governor Jeanette Nuñez announced that registration ...

Python hunters will slither their way into eight competition locations across Florida for this summer's Florida Python Challenge. From July 11-20, participants will be able to take part in a ...

A Burmese python hunt in Florida bagged 80 of the big serpents as contenders vied for cash prizes in the state’s latest effort to eliminate the invasive species that has long devastated the Everglades ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has crowned a winner in the state’s annual Python Challenge, a competition that tasks hunters with removing invasive ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A winner was announced Tuesday in Florida’s annual Python Challenge, a competition that tasks hunters with removing invasive Burmese pythons from south Florida. This year’s ...

The South Florida Water Management District's monthly competition is winding down for 2025. Who took the top prize in November?

Florida officials plan to host an ole'-fashioned snake hunt - intended to root out the state's population of ravenous Burmese pythons, which is ravaging the Everglades by eating everything in sight.