The annual Florida Python Challenge is set to begin. Starting at 12:01 a.m. ET July 10 and concluding at 5 p.m. July 19, participants have the chance to win over $25,000 in prizes by removing invasive ...

A team of python hunters hauled a 19-foot Burmese python out of a Florida swamp at 1 a.m., setting a new state record for the longest snake ever documented in the wild. The capture, which involved a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As the 2026 Florida Python Challenge winds down, we are revisiting a story from earlier this year. We interviewed professional ...

Florida's Python Hunt Challenge is underway, bringing cash rewards as officials work to curb the spread of South Florida's most destructive invasive species. July 10 marked the start of the 10-day ...

The Florida Python Challenge is an annual competition to remove invasive Burmese pythons. Tom Rahill won the $10,000 grand prize for removing 96 pythons. The longest python caught during the ...

Tom Rahill said he was on a mission. Rahill, the ultimate grand prize winner for the 2026 Florida Python Challenge, was recognized by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) today ...

The Conservancy of Southwest Florida shared during a news conference in June that its python team, led by biologist and program manager Ian Bartoszek, removed a record 8,000 pounds of the invasive ...

As the 2026 Florida Python Challenge winds down, we are revisiting a story from earlier this year. We interviewed professional python hunter Carl Jackson soon after he had caught a 16-foot, 10-inch ...