The dates for the 2026 Florida Python Challenge are set. Here's how last year's winner captured a whopping 60 pythons for the $10,000 grand prize.

A demonstration on how to handle a Burmese Python during training for the Python Challenge at University of Florida Research and Education Center in Davie, Florida, January 12, 2012. Florida's annual ...

The state of Florida has a bounty out on invasive pythons, luring amateur snake killers into the Everglades for a month-long hunt. Hilarious, right? Not to those who say it encourages cruelty and does ...

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 ...

Here's what we know about the 2026 Florida Python Challenge, how the yearly hunt works and a little bit about last year's winner.