The water management district began its landmark python hunting program in 2017. Hunters generally earn an hourly rate of $13.

The number of Python Challenge participants has fluctuated through the years including a high of nearly 1,600 in 2013. Meet ...

"There are so many amazing female python hunters out there so I had some tough competition ... a high of nearly 1,600 in 2013 to just 600 during the early pandemic year of 2021. Participants hunted in ...

The Burmese python invasion started with releases — intentional or not — that allowed them to gain a foothold in the park by the mid-1980s, according to the 2021 Florida Python Control plan.