The 2026 Florida Python Challenge, a 10-day competition to remove invasive snakes, has concluded. Hunters competed for $25,000 in cash prizes, including a $10,000 grand prize for removing the most ...

The Florida Python Challenge is an annual competition to raise awareness and control the population of invasive pythons. The 10-day event in 2026 runs from July 10 to July 19 in several wildlife ...

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 ...

The hunt is on in the Everglades as the 2026 Florida Python Challenge officially gets underway. For the next 10 days, participants will search through the wilderness in an effort to capture as many ...

A professional python hunter explains why she does not participate in Florida's Python Challenge. The event attracts inexperienced people who may harm native snakes or get bitten. The author believes ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Taylor Stanberry, right, with her husband Rhett Stanberry holding a Burmese python they caught in the Everglades. Taylor won the ...

Hunters are scouring the Florida Everglades in search of the state's most destructive invasive species for the 2026 Florida Python Challenge, which began just after midnight on July 10. The annual ...

The horn sounded at 3:39 p.m. ET Saturday at The Honors Course, stopping two semifinal matches that had barely started. Top-seeded Anna Iwanaga held a 1-up lead over Gabriella Nicastro through three ...

The 2026 Florida Python Challenge is being impacted by severe weather, making hunting difficult. Defending champion Taylor Stanberry notes that colder, rainy conditions have made snakes less active.