An 18-foot python is now the second largest python ever caught in the wild in Florida.

An 18-foot python is now the second largest python ever caught in the wild in Florida.

In Florida, they are found primarily in and around the Everglades ecosystem and more than 22,000 wild Burmese pythons have been removed from the state of Florida since 2000.

Donna Kalil is a contracted snake hunter who won the 2024 Florida Python Challenge for catching and removing 11 of the invasive reptiles. In just over a week, hundreds of python hunters will ...

“In Florida, Burmese pythons have been found to prey upon a variety of mammals, birds, reptiles and alligator’s,” according to the conservation commission.

Battling to control the population of Burmese pythons, authorities in Florida have turned to robot rabbits for help.

Burmese pythons are not native to Florida and destructive to its ecosystem. Can you hunt and shoot the invasive snakes? Will Florida pay you?

A Florida man caught a nearly six-metre Burmese python, believed to be a record for the southern US state.

Florida Python Challenge 2024 results. 195 pythons removed Last year, according to FWC, 195 Burmese pythons were removed. Ronald Kiger (20 Burmese pythons removed) was the 2024 Grand Prize winner.

Burmese pythons are not native to Florida and destructive to its ecosystem. Can you hunt and shoot the invasive snakes? Will Florida pay you?

Registration has opened for Florida's annual python hunting challenge. The competition is not for the faint of heart.