When it comes to the invasive and destructive Burmese python in Florida, it's as simple as those two words. Starting Friday (July 11) another step will be taken to reduce the population of these ...

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 ...

The 2025 Florida Python Challenge, a competition to remove invasive Burmese pythons, runs from July 11 to 20. The challenge aims to raise public awareness and encourage reporting of python sightings.

FILE - A Burmese python is held during a safe capture demonstration at a media event for the 2022 Florida Python Challenge, June 16, 2022, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne ...

Florida truly is a bounty hunter’s paradise. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has organized black bear trophy hunts, an iguana removal program, and actively encourages ...

The Florida Python Challenge is less than two months away, but in Florida, being prepared to run into a Burmese python is always handy. The 10-day competition encourages novice and expert hunters to ...

Florida is taking a step toward hands-on wildlife management that ultimately enlists the public to help with invasive-species removals, including one particularly notorious carnivore. Known as the ...

Friday is the first day of 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 ...