Snake hunters gather in Florida to kill invasive pythons for $25,000 in prizes

On July 10, hundreds of professional and amateur snake hunters entered the annual Florida Python Challenge, a 10-day race to ...
IndieWire

‘The Python Hunt’ Review: This Insane Look at an All-Night Snake-Hunting Contest Might Be the Next ‘Tiger King’

SXSW: Snake hunters from around the world descend upon the Everglades to cull the invasive Burmese python population in a contest that plays out like a Florida-fied "Cannonball Run." You can’t have a ...
Sun Sentinel

Python invasion has exploded out of the Everglades and into nearly all of southern Florida, new map shows

Burmese pythons are too good at what they do — they’re nearly undetectable to both humans and their prey, they barely need to move and when they do they’re deadly. On top of that, they have lots of ...
Phys.org

Calling all snake hunters—Florida opens registration for this year's Python Challenge

Have you ever wanted to become a snake hunter in the Florida Everglades? Now's your chance. Gov. Ron DeSantis announced registration is open for the state's 2022 Python Challenge at a news conference ...