A Florida woman has claimed the top prize in the 2025 Python Challenge after capturing 60 Burmese pythons during the 10-day ...

Donna Kalil, a contract hunter for the South Florida Water Management District, nabbed 56 snakes during the Python Challenge ...

One python huntress who won a prize in the 2025 Python Challenge has taken a sabbatical from her corporate job to pursue her passion.

Her name is Taylor Stanberry and thanks to finding and eliminating 60 pythons in July, she's the 2025 winner of the Florida ...

Taylor Stanberry won the 2025 Florida Python Challenge, removing 60 Burmese pythons from the Everglades and securing a ...

Taylor Stanberry competed in her first Florida Python Challenge in July and became the first female to win the ultimate grand ...

Florida python doc premieres at South By Southwest A scene from the 2025 documentary "The Python Hunt," which follows amateur snake hunters during the 2023 Florida Python Challenge.

Now their mission is python hunting. They aren't afraid to get their hands dirty. "Most of us use our hands and we go back and catch it behind the neck," Army Veteran Scott Metts said.

One of Florida’s best-known wildlife trackers defied logic by taking a blind dog python hunting, and the hound ended up catching a 9-foot invasive snake that was also unable to see, video shows.

In 2017, she became the first female python hunter hired by the South Florida Water Management District. Read Next: The Python Hunt Kalil is one of only a few people licensed to hunt pythons for the ...

Florida faces a growing problem with Burmese pythons, as more than 23,000 of these non-native snakes have been removed from ...

Recently, Kalil took part in the python challenges, bringing family and friends to hunt with her. She found a dead python each time – a 9-foot one and then a 10-foot snake with its head chewed off.