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 Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) announced the champion of the 2025 Florida Python Challenge, who captured 60 Burmese pythons, contributing to a record total of nearly 300 ...

Editor's note: This story originally published in 2024. Python hunter Bayo Hernandez prefers his snake ground up like hamburger meat with ketchup, mustard, and mayo. Another hunter fancies the ...

None for me, thank you. In 2022, Florida scientist and internet personality Rosie Moore posted a video on Instagram of herself and her colleagues performing a necropsy on an 18-foot Burmese python.

Each contestant has a chance to win up to $10,000 at the end of the 10-day competition, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Abigail Adams is a Human Interest Writer and ...

Registrations have officially opened for Florida's annual Python Challenge, which appeals for help from the public to keep the invasive python population in check. The competition allows people around ...

The annual Python Challenge, aimed at reducing the invasive Burmese python population in the Florida Everglades, kicked off Aug. 9 and wraps up Aug. 18. It may seem like a well-intentioned effort to ...

The annual python challenge hosted by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission starts Friday. The Burmese python is an invasive species in Florida, first discovered in Everglades National ...

Hunters in search of the elusive and invasive Burmese python know exactly what to do when they find one and capture it. Take a photo! What could be a once-in-a-lifetime experience needs to be properly ...

Florida is taking a step toward hands-on wildlife management that ultimately enlists the public to help with invasive-species ...