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8,000 pounds of invasive Burmese python removed from the Florida Everglades

The annual Florida Python Challenge is only a few weeks away, but participants will have trouble matching a new record set earlier this month. Between November 2025 and April 2026, researchers removed 177 apex predators weighing a combined 8,

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Florida is paying participants $25,000 to hunt Everglades pythons this July

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Florida's giant pythons are not just eating wildlife, they are spreading seeds across the Everglades

The Cool Down on MSN

Florida's Python Challenge is back, but biologists say the 4-ton problem is moving north

"This is a South Florida problem that is rapidly turning into a Central Florida problem." ...

See photogenic Florida hunters pose with their python 'trophies'

The South Florida Water Management District's Python Elimination Program has been a big success since it started in 2025.

Florida’s deadliest python hunter is a conservationist at heart

Last year, Taylor Stanberry caught 60 Burmese pythons with her bares hands—a state record. But this self-taught hunter says ...

USA Today

Florida Python Challenge 2026 dates are set. How 2025 champ scored the win

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 ...

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