Photographer and writer Bob Bramblet is the past president of the Florida Outdoors Writers Association, and he wrote a book ...

A reticulated python becomes highly protective as her clutch of eggs is carefully moved into an incubator. The process requires patience because the mother snake stays focused on guarding her eggs and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Taylor Stanberry with two fistfuls of Burmese python hatchlings. She won the Challenge in 2025 by catching 60 snakes. Hundreds of ...

More than 900 contestants vying for the $10,000 grand prize scoured South Florida for 10 days during the 2026 Florida Python ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Anthony Flanagan was awarded $400 from the South Florida Water Management District for capturing the longest python in April in ...

Three python hunters received $1,000 for catching the longest snake in their division during the 2026 Florida Python ...

The challenge should be thought of more as a spectacle.

Social media videos often make python hunting look easy. A hunter spots a snake on the side of the road, jumps out of the truck and quickly wrestles it to the ground. But the reality is far different.

EVERGLADES, Fla. – Experts across the Sunshine State are monitoring an increasing presence of the deadly Burmese Python in the Everglades. The Burmese python is an invasive species that was first ...

The 2026 annual Florida Python Challenge — a 10-day Everglades conservation event — removed nearly 300 snakes, the biggest ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. EVERGLADES, Fla. – Experts across the Sunshine State are monitoring an increasing presence of the deadly Burmese Python in the ...

Rahm Levinson caught the longest snake measuring 16-feet, 5-inches, while Tom Rahill tallied the most pythons caught.