The Florida Python Challenge 2025 is in full swing. The annual snake hunt started at 12:01 a.m. July 11. It will end at 5 p.m. July 20. Participants have until July 20 to kill as many Burmese pythons ...

As of 2024, the best way to attempt to control the invasion of the invasive Burmese pythons in Florida is to kill the snakes. This is the reason why Florida, through the guidance of the Florida Fish ...

Python hunting is a new territory in the wildlife guiding business, leading adventurous visitors on excursions to find the giant invasive constrictors that have overrun the Everglades.

Burmese pythons pose a huge threat to native species in the Florida Everglades. Officials have used creative methods to ...

Following the conclusion of its annual Python Hunting Challenge, which allows hunters to kill thousands of the invasive ...

Florida’s 10-day Python Challenge is underway as hunters take to the Everglades for glory, a $10,000 prize, and to help rid the state of its invasive Burmese python problem. Wild Burmese pythons can ...

Invasive Burmese pythons got loose in the Sunshine State in the late 1970s, and since then, their numbers have exploded. The boa constrictors can grow up to 20 feet long and 200 pounds. They are found ...

Barry Offenberger is on a mission to redeem his team. In 2013, they caught several Burmese pythons. The problem is they didn't actually kill them. "We caught 10 snakes (in) 12 days and were actually ...

Burmese pythons have been threatening Florida’s ecosystem for years, so the state is turning to the public for help in the form of a hunting contest to cull the population. The Florida Fish and ...

Story by Darran Simon, CNN Photographs by Scott McIntyre for CNN Donna Kalil couldn’t hear a python slithering in the grass with the wind blowing. But spotting a tunnel-shaped snake trail, she ...