Burmese Pythons

Everglades National Park joins seven other locations for the 2025 Florida Python Challenge. NBC6’s Sophia Hernandez reports.

Registration is now open for the 2025 Florida Python Challenge, when avid and amateur hunters alike can compete for cash prizes as they work to rid the Everglades of the ravenous, invasive Burmese python. The ultimate grand prize is $10,000, but another $15,000 are available across different categories. And this year, Everglades National Park is joining seven other locations across…

The winner of the Florida Python Challenge removed 20 Burmese pythons from the Everglades. Ronald Kiger was announced as the winner on Tuesday and will take home the $10,000 grand prize. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission awards about $25,000 in prizes for hunters who humanely kill and remove the invasive snakes from the designated competition areas during a...

The annual Florida Python Challenge this year begins the competition between hunters to capture the most and longest Burmese pythons. Here’s what to know.

Friday marked the start of the annual Florida Python Challenge, where hunters head into the Everglades to track down invasive Burmese pythons in hopes of grabbing a share of $30,000 in prizes.

The Burmese python is best known in South Florida for destroying the Everglades — but what makes them such a threat?

A Florida trapper wrangled a 17-foot python over the weekend in the Everglades near Fort Lauderdale, and the major catch was caught on video. 

A Florida trapper wrangled a 17-foot python in the Everglades near Fort Lauderdale.

The Florida Python Challenge 2024 is officially accepting applicants.

Florida holds an annual competition to remove Burmese pythons, which are considered an invasive species, from the Everglades.

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