The event now feels like equal parts wildlife management effort, local tradition, and surreal endurance test.

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

The Florida Python Challenge brings out a fascinating cast of characters, all captured by the director Xander Robin’s camera.

It’s hours of boredom interrupted by a few minutes of pretty intense adrenalin,” says one jaded participant in the Florida ...

In Florida, hunters have successfully caught and removed hundreds of pythons as part of official conservation efforts.

Florida's Burmese pythons have reached a level of lore in Florida that perhaps no other animals have held in the state. They're the ultimate of swamp monsters. Pythons are gigantic predators from ...

Burmese pythons are an invasive species in Florida, primarily established in the Everglades and South Florida. These snakes ...