Tom Rahill won $10,000 for removing 96 pythons, while Rahm Levinson caught the longest snake at 16 feet 5 inches The annual event has removed 1,600 invasive pythons since 2017 The results of the 2026 ...

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, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock Florida's 2026 Python Challenge mostly turned up hatchling Burmese pythons instead of the giant adults the ...

Burmese python. These snakes are not native to Florida, and they are widely believed to have arrived through the exotic pet ...

The state record for heaviest python caught is a 215-pound beast caught in 2022. The invasive snake, a colossal female, was caught by Conservancy of Southwest Florida biologists in the Everglades. It ...

Within the next couple of decades, the Key Largo woodrat could go extinct if the Burmese python population continues as is, a ...

New research suggests Florida could better control its estimated 100,000 to 300,000 invasive Burmese pythons by targeting specific snakes rather than focusing on total removals, possibly reshaping ...

The dates for the 2026 Florida Python Challenge – the annual 10-day hunt for invasive Burmese pythons – were announced today, May 19, with registration now open. The 2026 python hunt will run from ...

Less than 3% of all snake sightings involved climbing trees, according to USGS.