Python hunter Aaron Mann, left, won $1,000 for capturing 87 Burmese pythons in July 2025. Mann participated in the South Florida Water Management District's python incentive program.

The Florida Python Challenge, a python removal competition, runs from July 11-20, 2025. Six months into the South Florida Water Management District's python incentive program, nearly 100 Burmese ...

The South Florida Water Management District's new python incentive program has led to the elimination of more than 100 of the invasive snakes.