Ahead of the 2025 Florida Python Challenge, the Naples Daily News and The News-Press interviewed Zac Chejanovski, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's Python Management Coordinator.

The Florida Department of Health has issued a "do not consume python" advisory due to unhealthy mercury levels. Despite the advisory, it is not illegal to eat python meat in Florida. Some chefs and ...

Taylor Stanberry won the 2025 Florida Python Challenge by eliminating 60 Burmese pythons. A record 294 pythons were removed during the 10-day competition. The event drew 934 participants from the U.S.

The Florida Python Challenge is a 10-day competitive hunt created by the FWC to encourage participants to remove pythons from ...