Hunters on trucks equipped with floodlights drive into the night during this humid, sweltering summer, deep in the swamp, to hunt for the invasive species during Florida’s annual Python Challenge.

In the dead of night, hunters go deep into the Florida Everglades, searching for the invasive Burmese pythons that are eating up mice, rabbits and other prey.

Python hunter Amy Siewe caught this nearly 12-foot python in August 2023. Invasive Burmese pythons have ravaged native wildlife in Florida, and so far, the most effective solution is hunting them.

If a contractor captures a python measuring up to 4 feet long, they will earn an extra $50, and any python longer than 4 feet will bring in another $25 for every additional foot measured. An 8 ...

Firefighters in South Florida removed a Burmese python from a home in Homestead, outside of Miami. The reptile has become a ...

And there’s always celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay’s recipe for diced python in a lettuce wrap with shallots, pineapple, and jalapeno. But the Florida Department of Health has recently ...

The Python Bowl now breaks participants into two categories: one for professional hunters from the South Florida Water Management District program and Florida Fish and Wildlife, and a separate ...

A nearly 17-foot-long python was killed last week — the longest captured so far in this program. CBS News' Mark Strassmann got a first-hand look at how the snake hunters are going high-tech.

A Florida woman has claimed the top prize in the 2025 Python Challenge after capturing 60 Burmese pythons during the 10-day ...

The python had curled its tail around Cowboy’s torso, but he was strong enough to unwind it. It was 10ft long, its beautiful skin lustrous and flecked with colour, even in the artificial light.

And they've even been known to eat alligators. Last year, python hunter Marcia Carlson Pack caught a 15-foot python with a 5-foot alligator inside of it, she told BBC News.

Although python hunters grab the public’s attention, about 75 percent of Kirkland’s $1.1 million annual budget goes into researching new elimination methods.