As the 2026 Florida Python Challenge is underway, one Florida restaurant will let you cash in your catch for a pizza. The python challenge kicked off on Friday as avid and amateur hunters alike compete for cash prizes as they work to rid the Everglades of the ravenous,

The June winners of the South Florida Water Management District python elimination program raked in snakes and money.

South Florida Water Management District contract python hunter Kris Bartish captures a Burmese python in the Florida Everglades on July 12, 2026. The Florida Python Challenge pyth

Burmese pythons in Florida are devouring animals as small as rabbits and as big as deer and alligators. How they do it is fascinating and unsettling.

The Florida Python Challenge is currently in full swing as hunters compete for the prizes up for grabs in the annual event devoted to the extermination of

A Florida restaurant is offering free python pizza for participants capturing invasive Burmese pythons. This promotion supports efforts to remove these reptiles from the Everglades ecosystem. The 2026 Florida Python Challenge runs from July 10 to July 19.

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.

Some hunters participating in the 2026 Florida Python Challenge will likely get bitten by the invasive snake. One hunter told us what that feels like.

Preserving what's left of a python after its caught and killed requires a great deal of time, skill and patience.