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Hunters pulled a 19-foot python from the Everglades at 1 a.m., the longest ever recorded in Florida
A nighttime search in Big Cypress National Preserve ended with hunters wrestling a Burmese python that stretched 19 feet. The capture set a verified Florida length record after biologists at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida measured the animal.
Some hunters participating in the 2026 Florida Python Challenge will likely get bitten by the invasive snake. One hunter told us what that feels like.
Catching a python can be very challenging during the Florida Python Challenge. But when one is caught, there are rules for how to kill the invasive.
MIAMI — When Florida issued a call for python hunters, applications came in from near and very, very far — Iran, for instance, where one man sees a chance to fulfill his childhood dream. Mohammad Asghari is one of 2,600 applicants worldwide hoping to ...
Photographer and writer Bob Bramblet is the past president of the Florida Outdoors Writers Association, and he wrote a book called 'Where the Python Sleeps'.