If you’re new to Florida, you might wonder why the Sunshine State has a special period every year promoting python hunting, complete with prizes totaling $25,000. Well, Burmese pythons are not native to Florida and have a big negative impact on our native wildlife.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s Florida Python Challenge is returning this summer, giving participants a chance to win a share of $25,000 in prizes while helping protect the Everglades ecosystem.

The FWC's Python Action Team – Removing Invasive Constrictors (PATRIC) program, which began in 2017, has removed a record-setting number of invasive Burmese Pythons from Florida’s Everglades, in part because of a new partnership with Miami-based company Inversa.

They look, move and even smell like the kind of furry Everglades marsh rabbit a Burmese python would love to eat.

A woman won $10,000 on Wednesday after removing 60 Burmese Pythons from the Everglades in the 2025 Florida Python Challenge.

The 2025 Florida Python Challenge kicked off Friday, with competitors starting as early as 12:01 a.m. searching the Everglades to find and remove invasive Burmese pythons.

The winner of the Florida Python Challenge removed 20 Burmese pythons from the Everglades.

The annual Florida Python Challenge this year begins the competition between hunters to capture the most and longest Burmese pythons.

The incredibly popular python hunt is returning to Florida in August, and hunters who want to accept the challenge of removing invasive Burmese pythons from the wild can register now.

Florida's annual prize-winning hunt for invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades is slated to begin Aug. 5.

Snake hunters removed more than 200 pythons from the Everglades during the 2021 Florida Python Challenge.