Python hunting is a new territory in the wildlife guiding business, leading adventurous visitors on excursions to find the giant invasive constrictors that have overrun the Everglades.

Burmese pythons pose a huge threat to native species in the Florida Everglades. Officials have used creative methods to ...

Donna Kalil, a contract hunter for the South Florida Water Management District, nabbed 56 snakes during the Python Challenge between July 11 and July 20. She brought in 19 during the 2024 contest when ...

The discovery helped the Naples resident land first place in the 2025 Florida Python Challenge, which drew 934 hunters ...

South Florida is home to two particularly problematic invasive species: Burmese pythons and green iguanas. The pythons live ...

And there’s always celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay’s recipe for diced python in a lettuce wrap with shallots, pineapple, and jalapeno. But the Florida Department of Health has recently ...

Hunting Pythons in Florida: How to Get in on the Fun Invasive Burmese pythons got loose in the Sunshine State in the late 1970s, and since then, their numbers have exploded. The boa constrictors ...

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

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

Registration has opened for Florida's annual python hunting challenge. The competition is not for the faint of heart.

The number of Python Challenge participants has fluctuated through the years including a high of nearly 1,600 in 2013. Meet the 2025 winner, Taylor Stanberry.