The annual Florida Python Challenge is a big part of the effort to combat the unwelcome snakes. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the South Florida Water Management District ...

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 ...

The annual Florida Python Challenge starts July 11 at 12:01 a.m. ET and ends at 5 p.m. July 20. Participants can win more than $25,000 in prizes as they remove invasive Burmese pythons from South ...

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