Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Capture and eliminate. When it comes to the invasive and destructive Burmese python in Florida, it's as simple as those two words.

Can you use your firearm while competing in the Florida Python Challenge? Here's what to know before it begins.

May 19 UPDATE >> Florida Python Challenge 2026 dates are set. How 2025 champ scored the win Bring it. That's what python hunters are likely saying today in anticipation of Tuesday's (May 19) ...

The challenge takes place from July 11-20 in designated South Florida locations. Participants compete for prizes, including $10,000 for removing the most pythons. Pythons must be killed humanely using ...

Nearly 300 Burmese pythons were removed during a record-setting Florida Python Challenge this year, state wildlife officials said. The 10-day competition that ran from July 11-20 resulted in a record ...

A Burmese python sits in the grass at Everglades Holiday Park in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on April 25, 2019. - Along with the venomous lionfish, the Burmese python is perhaps the least welcome ...

The dates for the 2026 Florida Python Challenge – the annual 10-day hunt for invasive Burmese pythons – were announced today, May 19, with registration now open. The 2026 python hunt will run from ...

Florida Python Challenge is a 10-day competition created by the FWC. The Florida Python Challenge grand prize is $10,000. None of the eight competition locations are on the Treasure Coast. Python ...

More than 850 people participated in the 2024 Python Challenge, a 10-day hunt aimed at raising awareness of the destruction caused by the invasive species in the fragile Florida Everglades. But there ...

And the Ultimate Grand Prize winner of the 2025 Florida Python Challenge is ... Taylor Stanberry. Stanberry, who was recognized at the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission meeting today ...

With another Florida Python Challenge underway, hunters who end up finding the invasive snake have a good chance of getting bitten if they aren't careful. This year's Florida Python Challenge started ...