DUCK KEY, Fla. — The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is celebrating what it calls a successful Python Challenge and announcing its 2024 winners. This year, 857 participants ...

The South Florida Water Management District started its second year of the python elimination program. One hunter has stood ...

Not only did Taylor Stanberry become the first woman to win the Florida Python Challenge, but she did it in record style while making her debut in the event. The Python Challenge has been staged ...

Taylor Stanberry won the $10,000 grand prize, the first woman to do so, with 60 pythons caught. Donna Kalil, a veteran hunter, caught the most pythons in the professional category with 56 snakes. A ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Half of the winners in this year’s Python Challenge were women, the highest number of huntresses to take home prizes in the annual ...

Taylor Stanberry of Naples took home first place in the 2025 Florida Python Challenge. She catches invasive Burmese pythons year-round as a contractor with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ...

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 participated ...

TAMPA, Fla. — A southwest Florida woman took home the grand prize in the state's 2025 python removal challenge after she removed 60 Burmese pythons. Taylor Stanberry, a Naples native, won $10,000 ...

Florida’s ongoing war against Burmese pythons has led to new records and the crowning of a new serpent slayer: a Naples woman who vanquished a whopping 60 of the pesky invaders during the 2025 edition ...

Nearly 300 Burmese pythons were removed during a record-setting Florida Python Challenge this year, state wildlife officials said. The 10-day competition that ran from July 11-20 resulted in a record ...