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Florida Python Challenge returns after last year’s record removal

Video from previous story: FWC announces winners of the 2025 Florida Python Challenge TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA )— In just about a ...

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 ...
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Florida’s record python hunter shows the hard reality of invasive species control

Taylor Stanberry caught 60 Burmese pythons during the 2025 Florida Python Challenge, setting a state record. Her work shows ...

Florida’s deadliest python hunter is a conservationist at heart

Last year, Taylor Stanberry caught 60 Burmese pythons with her bares hands—a state record. But this self-taught hunter says ...
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Florida scientists set record after removing four tons of invasive Burmese pythons

The Conservancy’s python tracking team made the first capture of the breeding season with scout snake #118 “Snaquan” in November 2025, removing a 17-foot, 148 lb female python. Conservancy of ...
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Record-breaking python caught in Florida measured in at 17.7 feet, 215 pounds

NAPLES, FL -- Florida researchers found a nearly 18-foot long, 215 pound python, the largest ever found outside its native habitat. Pythons are native to Southeast Asia. They're an invasive species in ...