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Florida alligator kills and trashes around invasive python in Everglades

New footage from the Florida Everglades shows an American alligator doing what few local animals can: killing a large, invasive Burmese python.

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

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Florida Python Challenge is back. Why the state wants more snake hunters

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Florida biologists use scout pythons to remove a record 8,080 pounds of invasive snakes

The latest python season ended with a new record number of catches for Florida wildlife biologists, in part, due to the use of "scout" pythons.

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Florida hunter's 16-foot python catch tops in this elimination program

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Python hunters hit a Florida Everglades island and find 4 big snakes, 3 nests, and an egg-filled female

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Florida is sending people in the Everglades to hunt for giant snakes — and it could net one person $10,000

People who remove the most Burmese pythons – one of the largest snakes in the world – get a hefty sum of $10,000, and there are other grand prizes.

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Florida's python-hunting 'Super Bowl' begins Friday, with $25,000 up for grabs

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Florida’s 2026 Python Challenge begins Friday: Here’s what to know

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Hunters captured a record-breaking python in the Everglades

In the annals of record-breaking animals, there is big, and then there is Florida python big. Leave it to a professional python hunter to encounter one of the more impressive specimens in the history of the Sunshine State.

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Florida man hailed for snagging 8-foot python in the Everglades, then fined $180

"One python can lay 50 eggs, and those pythons 50 more eggs as the process continues."

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An unexpected predator is raiding Burmese python nests in the Everglades

University of Florida researchers documented a surprising new threat to Burmese python eggs in the Everglades, adding to growing evidence that native wildlife is fighting back against the invasive species.

Florida Python Challenge: 10 questions for expert ahead of competition

The News-Press and Naples Daily News asked Kodiak Hengstebeck of the FWC 10 questions about this year's Python Challenge.

Python Challenge: Florida's 'exciting' opportunity to help remove an invasive species

Florida's Python Challenge is an annual event encouraging people to hunt Burmese Pythons, a reptile species invasive to Florida's ecosystem.

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Catch a python? This Florida restaurant will accept it as currency

As the 2026 Florida Python Challenge is underway, one Florida restaurant will let you cash in your catch for a pizza. The python challenge kicked off on Friday as avid and amateur hunters alike compete for cash prizes as they work to rid the Everglades of the ravenous,