The 2024 Florida Python Challenge began at 12:01 am Friday, Aug. 9 and ended at 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 18. In total, 857 participants competed in the 2024 snake hunt challenge from 33 states and Canada.

The clip also shows why prevention matters as much as removal.

Today the dates will be announced for the 2026 Florida Python Challenge. But who can forget 2025 when history was made?

Hunters have caught nearly 1,000 pythons in the many years Florida has offered its signature Python Challenge, where competitors from around the world search for these destructive snakes roaming ...

A team of python biologists working for the Conservancy of Southwest Florida bounce along in a white four-door truck on a farm road well east of Naples. Ian Bartoszek brings the Ford to a stop, grabs ...

A pair of male pythons were spotted wrestling next to a road in Australia, apparently seeking approval from a nearby female, video shows. The carpet pythons were locked in battle as the snake catcher ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Veteran python hunter Donna Kalil was optimistic this year she would take home the $10,000 grand prize in the 2024 Florida Python ...

Two male pythons were seen wrestling by a road in Australia, but a snake catcher interrupted their fight, video shows. Screengrabs from video shared to Facebook by Sunshine Coast Snake Catchers 24/7.