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"The Python Hunt" made the film-festival circuit last year. Now it's in U.S. movie theaters, including Naples.

The event now feels like equal parts wildlife management effort, local tradition, and surreal endurance test.

Take a walk on the wild side with a python, which slithers through Florida grass as a GoPro camera follows along.

Registration is open for the 2026 Florida Python Challenge, a 10-day competition that offers participants a shot at $25,000 in prizes for removing invasive Burmese pythons from the Everglades. The ...

Researchers in Florida are using an unexpected tool to help fight invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades: opossums. Because opossums are one of the snakes’ favorite prey, scientists discovered ...

Exclusive: The 2025 SXSW hit comes to theaters in May courtesy of Oscilloscope Laboratories. Sometimes, all you want from a documentary is a glimpse at something you’ve never seen before. On that ...

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The hunt for invasive Burmese pythons in the Florida Everglades is officially returning this summer, state officials announced today. The 2026 Florida Python Challenge will begin at 12:01 a.m. on ...

The dates for the 2026 Florida Python Challenge are set. Here's how last year's winner captured a whopping 60 pythons for the $10,000 grand prize.

Florida's invasive Burmese python may have met its match with the opossum. USA TODAY Researchers in Florida are using an unexpected tool to help fight invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades: ...