The South Florida Water Management District's new python incentive program has led to the elimination of more than 100 of the invasive snakes.

The South Florida Water Management District's new incentive program seems to be working with nearly 100 snakes eliminated so far in 2025.

The South Florida Water Management District is looking for 50 more hunters for its Python Elimination Program.

The South Florida Water Management District's new python incentive program has led to the elimination of more than 100 of the invasive snakes.

The state is offering a free “Python Patrol” course to learn how to identify, catch and humanely kill pythons.

Florida python hunters Zach Hoffman, Jan Gianello and Justice Sargood caught a massive Burmese python in the Everglades on May 31, 2025.

The Burmese python — an apex predator that can grow over 18 feet long and eat animals larger than itself — has decimated native wildlife throughout much of South Florida.