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 ...

The Florida Python Challenge 2025 is in full swing. The annual snake hunt started at 12:01 a.m. July 11. It will end at 5 p.m. July 20. Participants have until July 20 to kill as many Burmese pythons ...

Xander Robin has been making movies for years. But the director had never filmed anything quite like this: 10 grueling nights hanging out with amateur snake hunters in the Florida Everglades. The Palm ...

Filmmaker Xander Robin's documentary "The Python Hunt" chronicles the Florida Python Challenge, a 10-day competition to remove invasive Burmese pythons from the Everglades. The film follows various ...

Python Huntress Amy Siewe holds an invasive 10-foot Burmese Python, originally caught by Harold Antonio Rondon-Mena, while her partner Dave Roberts prepares to measure the snake during a hunting trip ...

Half of the winners in this year’s Python Challenge were women, the highest number of huntresses to take home prizes in the annual contest that pits wits and skill as much as muscle against the ...

Florida couple Christina Kraus and Aaron Mann captured 87 invasive pythons from the Everglades in July, setting that month’s record and netting them thousands of dollars in payouts for helping remove ...

MIAMI — On their Florida vacations, Rob Wessels and his family have pursued an array of typical outings — deep-sea fishing, a stroll at the farmers market, tanning at the pool and beach. On the most ...

Taylor Stanberry won the $10,000 grand prize, the first woman to do so, with 60 pythons caught. Donna Kalil, a veteran hunter, caught the most pythons in the professional category with 56 snakes. A ...