The Cool Down on MSN

Florida's 1,000 would-be python killers are heading into the Everglades for a $10,000 prize

Anyone joining the 2026 Florida Python Challenge must register and complete an online training course.
The Cool Down on MSN

Get ready, snake hunters: Florida's $25,000 python challenge is back in the Everglades

The event also draws attention to the risks of releasing nonnative pets into the wild.
AZ Animals on MSN

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

Nothing says Florida quite like a state agency-sponsored event where participants can win $10,000 in cash by hunting and ...

Guns? Weapons hunters can use in Florida's python challenge

Can you use your firearm while competing in the Florida Python Challenge? Here's what to know before it begins.

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

The season’s largest female python weighed 153 pounds and measured 17 feet long. As a result of their work, researchers ...
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 run from ...
Nashville Scene

Reptile Dysfunction: ‘The Python Hunt’ Reveals Who the True Monsters Are

I kept waiting for The Python Hunt to become the most Florida Man movie ever made. The Python Hunt. NR, 91 minutes. Opening ...
WLRN

South Florida Film Previews: “The Python Hunt”, "Facing the Future: South Florida vs. Climate Change", and “An Instrumental Start: A Model for the Nation”

On this episode of The South Florida Roundup, we speak with filmmaker Xander Robin about his new documentary “The Python Hunt.” The film examines the rise of Burmese pythons as “exotic pets” that ...