Florida's annual Python Challenge returns July 10 through July 19, offering $25,000 in prizes while encouraging the public to help remove invasive Burmese pythons from the Everglades.

Anyone joining the 2026 Florida Python Challenge must register and complete an online training course.

Registration to compete and have the opportunity to win a share of $25,000 is open now.

Hunters participating in the Florida Python Challenge in July will have an abundance of python meet. But it is advised that ...

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A Florida man was fined $180 for capturing an invasive 8-foot Burmese python in Everglades National Park. While python removal is encouraged in much of Florida, a permit is required to handle wildlife ...

"If it is found to be uninjured after examination, it will be released back into the wild." ...

The invasive pythons number in the thousands and have unleashed havoc across more than 1,000 square miles of the Everglades ...