The Florida Python Challenge Is Back, and It’s Seeking Hunters to Kill Invasive Snakes for a $10,000 Grand Prize

The 2026 Florida Python Challenge will run from July 10 through July 19, with a $10,000 grand prize to whoever removes the ...

Florida dad grabbed a 202-pound Burmese python, then it started dragging him towards a canal before his entire family took down the giant snake

What began as a family outing to help remove invasive snakes from Florida's Everglades quickly turned into a terrifying fight ...

In Photos: Scientists snag Everglades python eggs for invasive species research

Eric Suarez, research program coordinator for University of Florida Croc Docs, holds a female python during a research trip ...
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Researchers pulled 8,080 pounds of invasive python from one Florida county

Researchers working in Collier County, Florida, removed 8,080 pounds of Burmese pythons in a concentrated removal effort that ...
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Python Bowl: Competition To Catch And Kill Invasive Snakes Returns To Florida’s Everglades

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has announced the return of the Florida Python Challenge. This is a ten ...

Snake Hunters Head to Florida for the Wildest, Most Viral Competition in the Country

Former “Python Challenge” winner Taylor Stanberry says the timing of this year’s challenge should lead to lots of invasive ...

On the prowl for invasive pythons, researchers are interrupting snake orgies

Brandon Welty, a python researcher with Croc Docs, holds up an antenna and receiver to track where a male python during ...

South Florida hunter shows Burmese python snake vomiting up a native bird in the Everglades

Burmese pythons are invasive in South Florida and have been linked to steep declines in native animals across the Greater ...

Florida Python Challenge returns after last year’s record removal

FWC announces winners of the 2025 Florida Python Challenge TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA )— In just about a week, registered participants ...
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Malicious PyPI Packages Let Hackers Control Telegram Bot Servers

Operation Navy Ghost is targeting Python developers who build Telegram bots by hiding backdoors inside trojanized Pyrogram forks uploaded to PyPI. The campaign has been active since November 2025, ...

Malicious PyPI packages give hackers control of Telegram bot servers

A campaign active since last November has been targeting Python developers building Telegram bots with trojanized Pyrogram ...

After the catch: What some hunters do with carcass of pythons they catch

Preserving what's left of a python after its caught and killed requires a great deal of time, skill and patience.