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

Vienna, Austria, June 25, 2026 — digna, the European data quality and observability platform, today announced the release of digna 2026.06, introducing a new Python SDK and Docker deployment support ...

The annual Florida Python Challenge is only a few weeks away, but participants will have trouble matching a new record set earlier this month. Between November 2025 and April 2026, researchers removed ...

In the annals of record-breaking animals, there is big, and then there is Florida python big. Leave it to a professional ...

Last year’s winner was Taylor Stanberry, who removed 60 Burmese pythons in the record-breaking 2025 event ...

Video from previous story: FWC announces winners of the 2025 Florida Python Challenge TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA )— In just about a week, registered participants will have the opportunity to win big when the ...

See scientists wrangling the invasive snakes.

When that happens, animals may compete in ways scientists do not often get to observe in the wild.

The invasive Burmese python is wreaking havoc with the ecosystem in southern parts of Florida. The state has enlisted hunters to try to help eradicate the menacing snakes, and the 2026 Python ...

Hunters participating in the Florida Python Challenge in July will have an abundance of python meet. But it is advised that it not be eaten.

As python hunters head out into the Everglades for the 2026 Florida Python Challenge, many of them will feel the bite of the invasive snake.

Hundreds of python hunters will spend the next 10 days removing as many of the invasive reptiles as they can in south Florida ...