The 2023 Python Challenge was held from Aug. 4 to 13 and resulted in the removal of 209 pythons by 1,050 participants. What are the prizes for the 2024 Python Challenge?

It'sss time! The 2024 Florida Python Challenge is now underway. The annual competition aims to rid the Everglades of the Burmese python, an invasive species that poses a threat to the ecosystem.

The Florida Python Challenge encourages people once year to collectively go out and remove as many snakes as possible over a 10-day stretch. Cash prizes are awarded for the biggest haul.

When is the 2025 Florida Python Challenge? It begins at 12:01 a.m. on July 11, 2025 and it ends at 5 p.m. on July 20, 2025. This is earlier than in the past when the Challenge had been held in August.

This year’s challenge begins Friday at midnight and will end August 18 at 5 p.m. Going into the weekend, there were 729 competitors who had registered, challenge spokesperson Lisa Thompson told CNN.

It's official, the Florida Python Challenge this year has a winner. The $10,000 grand prize went to Ronald Kiger, who removed 20 Burmese pythons from the Florida Everglades during the 10-day hunt ...

The 2024 Florida Python Challenge begins Hunters cant shoot the snakes, but could win $10,000 for catching the most Burmese pythons. Laura Baisas Aug 9, 2024 9:47 AM EDT ...

The annual Florida Python Challenge is underway and concludes Aug. 18. Professional python trapper Brandon Rahe writes that native species, and indeed the entire Everglades ecosystem, would probabl… ...

It’s hard to believe that we haven’t covered this one before. If you enjoyed out Barcode challenges from last week, perhaps now is the time for you to take the Python Challenge. We made it ...