The News-Press and Naples Daily News asked Kodiak Hengstebeck of the FWC 10 questions about this year's Python Challenge.

The 2026 Florida Python Challenge starts July 10. It is another opportunity for hunters to put a dent in the invasive Burmese python population and win some money while doing it. Whether you are a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Florida python hunters will start competing in the state's annual invasive species removal contest one minute past midnight.

In this first person column from 2024, a Naples resident shared details of his first-ever python hunt and what he learned.

Python hunters should wear long pants, closed-toed shoes, and bring tools like a flashlight and snake hook. Novice hunters must humanely kill pythons immediately at the capture site; firearms are ...