CongratssssSSSssssSSssss to this year's top Burmese python wranglers! The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officials announced the 10 winners of the 2024 Florida Python Challenge ...

The $10,000 grand prize went to Ronald Kiger, who removed 20 Burmese pythons from the Florida Everglades during the 10-day hunt, which was meant to bring awareness to the threat that these pythons ...

Burmese pythons were first discovered in the Sunshine state in the late 1970s and pose a threat to Florida’s ecology by outcompeting native snake species, and eating endangered Key Largo wood rats.

The winner of the Florida Python Challenge removed 20 Burmese pythons from the Everglades WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- It’s official, the Florida Python Challenge this year has a winner. The $10,000 ...

He won $10,000 for taking top honors, removing 20 Burmese pythons − the invasive snake damaging the ecosystem mostly in the Everglades. A total of 195 pythons were removed, 14 fewer than 2023.

But there could be just one winner of the $10,000 grand prize, and that was Ronald Kiger of Marion County, who brought in 20 Burmese pythons during the contest. Kiger's triumph was announced at ...

We don't want to give too much away but pretty much everyone knows the "king of the invasive species" these days is the menacing Burmese python. For each of the critters West identifies in the ...

(CNN) — Komodo dragons with iron-tipped teeth. Thirteen-foot-long pythons. Attacking crocs. Of the five main classes of vertebrate animals, reptiles often inspire the most fear. But reptiles deserve ...