Wildlife officials are looking for snake slayers as they enlist the public to combat an invasion of pythons in the Florida Everglades. State officials have placed a bounty on the Burmese python to ...

Florida Python Challenge, July 11-20, 2025, has hunters trying to eliminate invasive Burmese snakes. Do they attack or kill humans? Are they venomous?

Call it the Python Challenge: That's what wildlife officials have issued to hunters in an attempt to reduce the population of Burmese pythons, which have become an invasive species in South Florida ...