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The Florida Python Challenge is held annually to raise awareness of Burmese pythons, an invasive snake, and the damage it has inflicted on the Everglades.
The Florida Python Challenge is a 10-day competitive hunt created by the FWC to encourage participants to remove pythons from eight commission-managed lands in South Florida.
Each year, the challenge brings together wildlife officials, seasoned python hunters, and volunteers to restore Florida's ...
Florida is hosting its annual 10-day python challenge from July 11 to 20, where participants can register to hunt and humanely euthanize invasive Burmese pythons.
Dates for the 2025 Florida Python Challenge, a 10-day event aimed at removing invasive Burmese pythons, have been announced by FWC.
A Florida woman caught 60 snakes in the state's annual 10-day challenge to eliminate the invasive Burmese python species wreaking havoc with the Everglades ecosystem. More than 900 people participated ...
The ten-day annual Florida snake hunt is now underway. Here's what to know before slithering over to the Everglades.
The 2024 Florida Python Challenge then begins Aug. 9 and ends on the Aug. 18. As of 2024, 917 invasive pythons have been removed from the ecosystem because of the annual challenge.
A Florida woman caught 60 snakes in the state's annual 10-day challenge to eliminate the invasive Burmese python species wreaking havoc with the Everglades ecosystem.
More than 900 people participated in the 2025 Python Challenge, a 10-day snake hunt in South Florida. The catches were monumental this year with 294 pythons captured — the most in the contest's ...
The Florida Python Challenge is held annually to raise awareness of Burmese pythons, an invasive snake, and the damage it has inflicted on the Everglades.
A Florida woman caught 60 snakes in the state's annual 10-day challenge to eliminate the invasive Burmese python species wreaking havoc with the Everglades ecosystem.