Recent Florida Python Attacks

Florida, Everglades and Burmese python

8,000 pounds of invasive Burmese python removed from the Florida Everglades

The annual Florida Python Challenge is only a few weeks away, but participants will have trouble matching a new record set earlier this month. Between November 2025 and April 2026, researchers removed 177 apex predators weighing a combined 8,

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Florida is paying participants $25,000 to hunt Everglades pythons this July

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Conservancy group removes over 8,000 pounds of invasive pythons from Florida county, breaks record

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Scientist sounds alert over Burmese python predations in Naples

Expert at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida topped their own record for the most tonnage of Burmese python removed from ...

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Do Burmese pythons attack, or even eat, humans? Python Challenge dates

One of Florida's most anticipated events of the year is almost here — the 2026 Florida Python Challenge. The Burmese python is a large, nonvenomous constrictor snake that is an invasive ...

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Could Florida vultures help fight invasive pythons? Researchers document rare attack on python eggs.

Vultures raiding a Burmese python nest in Broward County might sound like classic Florida weirdness, but University of Florida researchers said the discovery marks the first documented case of ...

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Florida Python Challenge 2026 dates are set. How 2025 champ scored the win

The dates for the 2026 Florida Python Challenge – the annual 10-day hunt for invasive Burmese pythons – were announced today, May 19, with registration now open. The 2026 python hunt will run ...

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