The post 96 Pythons in 10 Days: Meet Florida's Challenge Champion appeared first on A-Z Animals. Several months ago, A-Z Animals published a story about the Florida Python Challenge. This state agency ...

Tom Rahill holding a Florida-native water snake as he searches for Burmese pythons in August 2022.Photograph: Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty Images The winner of this year’s annual Florida Python Challenge ...

The Florida Python Challenge is an annual competition to remove invasive Burmese pythons. Tom Rahill won the $10,000 grand prize for removing 96 pythons. The longest python caught during the ...

When it comes to eliminating invasive Burmese pythons in Florida, the hunters attempting to do that are significantly outnumbered. With so many pythons slithering around Florida it can easily be ...

The hatchling-heavy count hints at a bigger trend in the Everglades: Burmese pythons are still spreading and reproducing. That helps explain why Florida crews are putting more focus on nests, eggs, ...

Professional python hunter Taylor Stanberry placed second in the 2026 Florida Python Challenge while five months pregnant. Stanberry, the first woman to win the competition in 2025, plans to continue ...

New AI research helps hunters zero in on the pythons doing the most damage in Florida's Everglades.

EVERGLADES CITY, Fla — One lucky python hunter went home with $10,000 on Wednesday after the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) announced the winners of the 2026 Florida Python ...

Florida is facing a significant invasion of Burmese pythons, with estimates placing their population in the tens of thousands. The invasive pythons are negatively impacting native wildlife by ...