Page 17 - Florida Python Challenge News Today

Ten-day python roundup will help with wildlife emergency, officials hope: Fur-bearing animals are down 90% in the Glades, some estimate

Two amateur Burmese python hunters participating in the Florida Python Challenge spoke to Newsweek about the event.

Other letter-writers discuss the Florida Python Challenge and the scourge of robo-calls.

A 34-year-old man was rushed to the hospital after an alligator bit his face in a Florida lake. It marks another serious gator attack this summer.

Pythons are not native to Florida and kill thousands of birds and mammals each year in the fragile Everglades ecosystem.

The state's Python Challenge runs through August 14th.

The Florida Python Challenge kicked off Friday and will run through August 14.

State officials devised the challenge to help combat the spread of the invasive Burmese python, which slithered its way into South Florida ecosystems in the 1990s and has been decimating native species ever since.

The competition started on Friday and runs through Sunday the 14th.

If a python hunt sounds enticing to you, head to the Everglades. The annual Florida Python Challenge is here.