Florida wants you to kill as many of the invasive Burmese pythons as you can during the 10-days contest in July. But you ...

As the Florida Python Challenge gets closer, let's take a look at the largest Burmese pythons caught in Florida.

This week's annual python hunt focuses on the Everglades but some of these invasive snakes slither around in Brevard County.

The Burmese python has been wreaking havoc across the Florida Everglades as it slithers its way north into new territory.

An upcoming challenge welcomes all hunters and those interested in removing invasive Burmese pythons from the Everglades ...

Burmese pythons reproduce in great numbers, according to the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), and eat anything from eggs to small deer.

The Florida Python Challenge is a 10-day competition to remove invasive Burmese pythons. The competition raises awareness of the threat these snakes pose to the Everglades ecosystem.

Why female Burmese pythons removal is key Biologists target adult female pythons to stop python reproduction. Since 2013, the team has stopped 20,000 python eggs from hatching.

More than 6,300 pounds of Burmese python were tracked and removed by the team, which has removed more than 40,000 pounds of invasive snake across a 200-square-mile area since 2013.

(The Center Square) – Florida has achieved another first, this time a record more than 20,000 tons of invasive Burmese pythons have been removed by one conservation group alone.