Here's what we know about the 2026 Florida Python Challenge, how the yearly hunt works and a little bit about last year's winner.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A wildlife biologist next to a breeding ball; holding up a Burmese python. (Photographs courtesy Ian Bartoszek / Conservancy of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Conservancy of Southwest Florida's python removal team carries a giant Burmese python out of the field. A conservation group ...

Biologists work tirelessly to radio track Burmese Pythons deep in Florida's marshland. Brought to Florida as pets, many Burmese pythons have found a perfect home in the Everglades, and they’re ...

The largest and longest Burmese python tracking study of its kind -- here or in its native range -- is providing researchers and resource managers new information that may help target control efforts ...