In 2022, Xander Robin booked a room at a Miccosukee casino at the edge of the Everglades and joined in the Florida Python Challenge. Every year, hundreds of hunters flood South Florida for a ...

The new film 'The Python Hunt' follows the Florida Python Challenge, a 10-day competition in the Florida Everglades that aims ...

“It’s hours of boredom interrupted by a few minutes of pretty intense adrenalin,” says one jaded participant in the Florida Python Challenge, an annual government-organized effort to curb the state’s ...

Florida’s war against the Burmese python (Python bivittatus) is still going strong, but you can do your part to battle one of ...

Sometimes, all you want from a documentary is a glimpse at something you’ve never seen before. On that front, “The Python Hunt” undeniably delivers. Xander Robin’s directorial debut follows the ...

The event now feels like equal parts wildlife management effort, local tradition, and surreal endurance test.

The annual hunt returns to the Everglades as officials step up efforts to control one of Florida’s most destructive invasive ...

Here's what we know about the 2026 Florida Python Challenge, how the yearly hunt works and a little bit about last year's winner.

The dates for the 2026 Florida Python Challenge are set. Here's how last year's winner captured a whopping 60 pythons for the $10,000 grand prize.

The state of Florida has a bounty out on invasive pythons, luring amateur snake killers into the Everglades for a month-long hunt. Hilarious, right? Not to those who say it encourages cruelty and does ...