It's important for new or wanna-be python hunters to understand the basics when it comes to eliminating the invasive creatures.

Last year’s winner was Taylor Stanberry, who removed 60 Burmese pythons in the record-breaking 2025 event

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock A Florida man recently caught the second-heaviest python on record in the state in the Big Cypress National Preserve. According to USA Today, Florida Fish and ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has announced the return of the Florida Python Challenge. This is a ten-day event in which people will compete to catch and kill the most invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades.

A Florida man was fined for catching an invasive python in Everglades National Park. His case was later dismissed.

"It feels like a lot of little needles going into your hand and then tearing through the skin."

The invasive pythons number in the thousands and have unleashed havoc across more than 1,000 square miles of the Everglades region ecosystem.

It was the catch of a lifetime. For contracted python hunter Carl Jackson, wrangling a near record python earlier this year (Jan. 13) was likely satisfying in more ways than one. First, his struggle with the 202-pound, 16-foot, 10-inch beast (you can see a ...