Florida Python Challenge News Today

The event invites members of the public and paid professionals to go to the Everglades and hunt invasive Burmese pythons.

Registration for the 2024 Florida Python Challenge officially opened on Thursday.

The snake, which was found dead, was approximately 8 feet long and marks one of a Florida county's northernmost discoveries.

The snake, which was found dead, was approximately 8 feet long and marks one of Collier County's northernmost discoveries.

Paul Hobbs, a Tennessee resident traveled to the Sunshine State last year with his father, son, and brother-in-law and captured 20 Burmese pythons to win the $10,000 top prize in the Florida Python Challenge.

A mysterious parasite from Asia, which likely traveled here by way of Burmese pythons, and sucks blood from snakes' lungs, is spreading over most of Florida.

Suddenly, the team was face to face with a Burmese python that was longer than a rhino, a walrus, a hippo and an African elephant.

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The Burmese python is a solitary and nocturnal creature, but it's become an invasive species in Florida as a result of the exotic pet trade.

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