Florida Everglades Python Snake Update

Florida, Everglades and Python

Florida is sending people in the Everglades to hunt for giant snakes

Hundreds of competitors are taking to Florida's Everglades this weekend for the state's annual Burmese python challenge.

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Python hunters hit a Florida Everglades island and find 4 big snakes, 3 nests, and an egg-filled female

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Snake hunters gather in Florida to kill invasive pythons for $25,000 in prizes

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Meet the 2025 Florida Python Challenge champion: Taylor Stanberry

Python hunter and Naples native Taylor Stanberry won the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's annual Python Challenge last July, catching a total of 60 pythons during the 10-day competi...

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Florida Python Challenge: 10 questions for expert ahead of competition

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Florida hunter's 16-foot python catch tops in this elimination program

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Florida Python Challenge kicks off in Everglades

The 2026 Florida Python Challenge, hosted by FWC and the Southwest Florida Water Management District, will have a grand prize of $10,000 for the registered participant who removes the most pythons.

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Florida’s 2026 Python Challenge begins Friday: Here’s what to know

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Florida is sending people in the Everglades to hunt for giant snakes — and it could net one person $10,000

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Florida maps show Burmese pythons pushing beyond the Everglades as Python Challenge begins

Updated maps of Burmese python sightings are sharpening worries about how much territory the invasive snakes now occupy in Florida. With the state's annual Python Challenge having

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Florida python hunter's 16-foot catch tops in this elimination program

The June winners of the South Florida Water Management District python elimination program rakes in snakes and money.

On the prowl for invasive pythons, researchers are interrupting snake orgies

Brandon Welty, a python researcher with Croc Docs, holds up an antenna and receiver to track where a male python during breeding season on March 11, 2026 in the interior of the northern Everglades. Ashley Miznazi amiznazi@miamiherald.com