Florida’s war against the Burmese python (Python bivittatus) is still going strong, but you can do your part to battle one of ...
Florida hosts an annual Python Challenge, offering a $10,000 prize to the participant who removes the most invasive pythons. The 2025 challenge winner, Taylor Stanberry, was the first woman to win and ...
The event now feels like equal parts wildlife management effort, local tradition, and surreal endurance test.
The annual 10-day conservation competition is focused on removing invasive Burmese pythons from public lands in South Florida ...
“It’s hours of boredom interrupted by a few minutes of pretty intense adrenalin,” says one jaded participant in the Florida Python Challenge, an annual government-organized effort to curb the state’s ...