Thomas Rahill claimed the top prize in Florida's 2026 Python Challenge after removing 96 Burmese pythons from the Everglades. Participants removed 280 invasive snakes during the annual conservation ...

Native ecosystems can lose stability when invasive animals take over.

Burmese pythons are recognizable by more than their size. Hunters should be on the lookout for a telltale, arrow-shaped ...

Every summer, hundreds of hunters descend on the Florida Everglades chasing cash prizes and invasive Burmese pythons, but this year one competitor left the rest so far behind that officials had to ...

They look, move and even smell like the kind of furry Everglades marsh rabbit a Burmese python would love to eat.

The 2026 Florida Python Challenge ended on July 19, and organizers have officially finished tallying the number of bagged ...

Tom Rahill won the annual event, earning $10,000 for removing 96 Burmese pythons from South Florida ...

Burmese pythons in Florida are devouring animals as small as rabbits and as big as deer and alligators. How they do it is fascinating and unsettling.

Wildlife officials believe the new python population started because of snakes that were released or escaped from captivity ...

Burmese pythons have been spreading across southern Florida for more than four decades, consuming native mammals at rates that have reshaped entire ecosystems. U.S. Geological Survey occurrence ...

Rahm Levinson caught the longest snake measuring 16-feet, 5-inches, while Tom Rahill tallied the most pythons caught ...

Eric Suarez, research program coordinator for University of Florida Croc Docs, holds a female python during a research trip to collect python eggs on Tuesday, June 30, 2026, from a nest the scientists ...