The 2025 Florida Python Challenge was won by a woman for the first time ever. Here's who Taylor Stanberry is and how many pythons she caught.

Taylor Stanberry won the 2025 Florida Python Challenge, removing 60 invasive Burmese pythons. The first-time participant earned $10,000 for her efforts during the 10-day competition. Stanberry, along ...

In 2023, a 19-foot python was captured in Florida, which would be worth $425 under the new incentive programs.

The South Florida Water Management District's new python incentive program has led to the elimination of more than 100 of the invasive snakes.

The 2025 Python Challenge removed a record 294 invasive Burmese pythons from Florida ecosystems. The competition drew more ...

A total of 294 Burmese pythons were eliminated during the 2025 Florida Python Challenge – the most of any python challenge since the event started in 2013. But only one snake by a hunter was declared ...

The previous longest Burmese python, the group said, was 18 feet and 9 inches long. "We had a feeling that these snakes get this big and now we have clear evidence," Ian Easterling, a biologist ...

The 10-day event takes place in 10 FWC-managed areas in South Florida, you can't kill them in your backyard and count them in your numbers. When is the Florida Python Challenge?