Every month the South Florida Water Management District awards cash bonuses to contracted hunters for the number of pythons ...

The goal is to develop tools, like a smartphone app, to help python hunters be more efficient in the field. A quantitative ecologist is bringing machine learning to Florida’s battle against the ...

Hunters in search of the elusive and invasive Burmese python know exactly what to do when they find one and capture it. Take a photo! What could be a once-in-a-lifetime experience needs to be properly ...

That's what python hunters are likely saying today in anticipation of Tuesday's (May 19) announcement locking down the dates for the 2026 Florida Python Challenge. If there's anything close to what ...

It's been more than three years since the record for longest python ever caught in Florida was set. Could there be longer ...

An invasive species of python has been growing in Florida's Everglades, but scientists may have found a way to fight back: ...

Florida contracted python hunters get paid hourly and get additional bonus money based on my pythons and longest pythons removed.

Back in January, Burmese python hunter Carl Jackson caught one of the heaviest pythons on record in Florida. His catch, a 16-foot, 10-inch female python hiding in the Big Cypress National Preserve, ...

Florida’s python tracking programme removed 177 Burmese pythons and more than 4,100 eggs during the 2025–26 season. Covering ...