Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We know python hunter Taylor Stanberry competed in the 2026 Florida Python Challenge. What we don't know is if the Naples resident ...

The Florida Python Challenge is an annual competition to help control the invasive Burmese python population. Hunters must humanely kill captured pythons, and decapitation is not considered a humane ...

Florida is facing a significant invasion of Burmese pythons, with estimates placing their population in the tens of thousands. The invasive pythons are negatively impacting native wildlife by ...

Tom Rahill said he was on a mission. Rahill, the ultimate grand prize winner for the 2026 Florida Python Challenge, was recognized by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) today ...

The first day of 2026 Florida Python Challenge kicked off at midnight Friday, and now avid and amateur hunters alike can compete for cash prizes as they work to rid the Everglades of the ravenous, ...

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 ...

When it comes to eliminating invasive Burmese pythons in Florida, the hunters attempting to do that are significantly outnumbered. With so many pythons slithering around Florida it can easily be ...