The setup is part challenge, part training session.

In this video, a Florida man, the "Python Cowboy," hunts for invasive species. As he points out, "Here in Florida, we got more than just pythons, iguanas, and New Yorkers. We got Nile monitors and all ...

In his ongoing mission to eliminate invasive species from South Florida, a YouTuber renowned for his hunting is facing perhaps his most daunting challenge yet: Nile monitor lizards. Matt Kimmel, aka ...

Can you use your firearm while competing in the Florida Python Challenge? Here's what to know before it begins.

Florida hosts an annual Python Challenge, offering a $10,000 prize to the participant who removes the most invasive pythons. The 2025 challenge winner, Taylor Stanberry, was the first woman to win and ...

Some families go to the beach or into the mountains together. Others prefer museums, movies, or theme parks. Carl Jackson’s clan, though, would rather be chasing invasive Burmese pythons through the ...

Vultures raiding a Burmese python nest in Broward County might sound like classic Florida weirdness, but University of Florida researchers said the discovery marks the first documented case of native ...

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 ...