The South Florida Water Management District announced the August winners for its Python Elimination Program and the bonus ...

For ten days at the height of the Florida summer, hundreds of amateur and professional snake hunters waded through sawgrass, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As the 2026 Florida Python Challenge winds down, we are revisiting a story from earlier this year. We interviewed professional ...

Florida Python Challenge 2026 winner Tom Rahill captured 96 invasive Burmese pythons in 10 days, all from Everglades National Park, shattering the all-time competition record by 60 percent. The ...

In a recent 10-day event in Florida, an impressive total of 280 invasive Burmese pythons were captured and removed. Tom Rahill led the charge by personally securing 96 of these snakes, earning him the ...

In Florida, python removal is often presented as a test of nerve and skill. One professional python hunter, however, says the priority should be the protection of native animals, not the excitement of ...

Three python hunters received $1,000 for catching the longest snake in their division during the 2026 Florida Python Challenge.

The 2026 Florida Python Challenge saw hundreds of participants compete to remove the invasive species from South Florida. Hunter Tom Rahill won the $10,000 grand prize for catching the most snakes, ...

It's a busy time of year for eliminating invasive Burmese pythons in Florida and earning money for doing it. On Friday (July 10) the Florida Python Challenge started. For the next 10 days, hunters ...

Professional python hunter Carl Jackson recently caught a 202-pound python, the second heaviest ever recorded in Florida. Python bites are a common risk for hunters, and their teeth feel like needles ...

As the 2026 Florida Python Challenge winds down, we are revisiting a story from earlier this year. We interviewed professional python hunter Carl Jackson soon after he had caught a 16-foot, 10-inch ...