Not only did Taylor Stanberry become the first woman to win the Florida Python Challenge, but she did it in record style.

In her very first time competing, Stanberry removed 60 Burmese pythons from South Florida, more than any other participant ...

Donna Kalil, a contract hunter for the South Florida Water Management District, nabbed 56 snakes during the Python Challenge ...

Taylor Stanberry, right, with her husband Rhett Stanberry holding a Burmese python they caught in the Everglades. Taylor won the $10,000 grand prize in the 2025 Florida Python Challenge.

The tenants of a Queens apartment building were greeted Sunday morning by a 7-foot snake abandoned by its owner by a garbage chute.

The annual competition to raise awareness and eliminate the invasive Burmese python was held July 10-20, 2025 in the Everglades.