Ahead of the Florida Python Challenge in July 2026, see what the bite of the snakes' powerful jaws looks like.

Filmmaker Xander Robin's documentary "The Python Hunt" chronicles the Florida Python Challenge, a 10-day competition to remove invasive Burmese pythons from the Everglades. The film follows various ...

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

The dates for the 2026 Florida Python Challenge – the annual 10-day hunt for invasive Burmese pythons – were announced today, May 19, with registration now open. The 2026 python hunt will run from ...

"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 ...

Xander Robin's fluorescent, stranger-than-fiction film follows a variety of American oddballs chasing grisly snake-hunting glory in the annual Florida Python Challenge. Where that doc series had the ...

It's almost python hunting season in Florida! Every year, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and the South Florida Water Management District host a python challenge and award ...

We caught up with two professional python hunters and asked them what are the "essentials" that help them be successful in ...