Winners of the 2024 Python Challenge announced: Nearly 200
WEBRonald Kiger of Marion County won the 2024 Python Challenge, that took place Aug. 9-18, triumphing over 857 participants, bringing in 20 Burmese pythons during the contest. Kiger won the grand ...
Grand prize winner removed 20 Burmese pythons ... - Associated Press News
WEB4 days ago · WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — It’s official, the Florida Python Challenge this year has a winner. 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 pose to the ecosystem. Last year, he was the direct runner-up to the grand prize winner.
2024 Florida Python Challenge: FWC announces its 10 champions
WEB4 days ago · The Florida Python Challenge is a 10-day competition created by FWC to encourage participants to remove Burmese pythons from seven commission-managed lands in South Florida. The Burmese python is ...
Burmese pythons in Florida are moving north - USA TODAY
WEBJun 25, 2024 · Giant, invasive Burmese pythons are moving north from the Florida Everglades toward Georgia, taking out hundreds of native species.
Florida Python Challenge winner removes 20 Burmese pythons ... - CBS News
WEB3 days ago · The Burmese python population exploded in the mid-90s after being imported from South Asia as exotic pets. Burmese pythons are usually between six to nine feet but can grow over 15 feet long .
A hunter’s graveyard shift: grabbing pythons in the Everglades
WEBAug 18, 2024 · Thomas Aycock, a contractor with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, shows off an invasive Burmese python caught earlier, as he waits for sunset to hunt pythons, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, in the Florida Everglades.
Grand prize winner removed 20 Burmese pythons from the wild ... - ABC News
WEB4 days ago · Jeff Lince caught five pythons, winning $2,500 in the military category, and Antonio Ramos won $1,000 for catching the longest python in this group at 9 feet 7 inches (2.9 meters). The challenge ...
A record-breaking Burmese python — as long as a giraffe is tall ... - NPR
WEBJul 13, 2023 · A 19-foot Burmese python — the longest ever recorded — was caught by local hunters in South Florida's Big Cypress National Preserve this week. To put the catch into perspective, the snake is as...
Comprehensive Review of Burmese Python Science Released
WEBFeb 8, 2023 · A USGS-led publication offers a new look at the constrictor that has invaded southern Florida. The U.S. Geological Survey has released a comprehensive synthesis of Burmese python science, showcasing results from decades of USGS-funded research on python biology and potential control tools.
Her Livelihood? Hunting Pythons in the Dead of Night.
WEBNov 12, 2023 · Amy Siewe teaches people how to find and euthanize invasive Burmese pythons, which have been so successful at adapting to Florida that they appear here to stay.