Everglades Python Hunting

News

python, Florida and Robotic

Florida deploys robot rabbits to control invasive Burmese python population

Burmese pythons pose a huge threat to native species in the Florida Everglades. Officials have used creative methods to manage the population of invasive snakes.

AOL · 4h

Robotic rabbits are deployed in Florida python hot spots to fight snake explosion

Version 2.0 of the study will add bunny scent to the stuffed rabbits if motion and heat aren’t enough to fool the pythons in Florida.

The Palm Beach Post on MSN · 2d

Would you eat that? Why Florida recommends not eating invasive python snakes

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 established an advisory of “do not consume python” caught in the state no matter the snake size because of the risk of unhealthy mercury levels in its meat.

12h

New Florida tourist thrill: Hunt, and maybe catch, a python. ‘No experience necessary’

Python hunting is a new territory in the wildlife guiding business, leading adventurous visitors on excursions to find the giant invasive constrictors that have overrun the Everglades.

How robot rabbits are saving the Everglades

“Invasive pythons are one of the most destructive and harmful species in America’s Everglades,” according to the South Florida Water Management District website. “Their aggressive predation on native ...

14don MSN

2025 Florida Python Challenge had the most women winners in the snake hunt's history

One python huntress who won a prize in the 2025 Python Challenge has taken a sabbatical from her corporate job to pursue her passion.

USA Today14d

Florida's new python hunting queen makes history and catches 60 snakes

A Florida woman caught 60 snakes in the state's annual 10-day challenge to eliminate the invasive Burmese python species wreaking havoc with the Everglades ecosystem. More than 900 people ...

FOX 35 Orlando15d

2025 Python Challenge: Florida woman wins with 60-snake haul; record 294 invasive pythons caught

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

14don MSN

Record-breaking python hunt: Florida woman wins grand prize for removing massive number of pythons

Taylor Stanberry won the 2025 Florida Python Challenge, removing 60 Burmese pythons from the Everglades and securing a ...

USA Today17d

Burmese python, 16 feet long, caught by trio in in Florida Everglades

Florida python hunters Zach Hoffman, Jan Gianello and Justice Sargood caught a massive Burmese python in the Everglades on May 31, 2025.

abc7NY9y

Hunters trap 106 creepy crawly pythons in Florida everglades

More than a hundred of these slithery pythons have been caught in the Florida everglades in the last month.

Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you

Show inaccessible results