An armade of amateur snake hunters descend on the Florida Everglades to kill pythons for money. What could possibly go wrong?

Xander Robin's fluorescent, stranger-than-fiction 'The Python Hunt' follows a variety of American oddballs in the annual ...

The robots mimic the movements and body temperature of real rabbits, a favored prey of pythons. The project is funded by the South Florida Water Management District and builds upon previous research ...

Here's what we know about the 2026 Florida Python Challenge, how the yearly hunt works and a little bit about last year's winner.