The Florida Python Challenge brings out a fascinating cast of characters, all captured by the director Xander Robin’s camera.

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

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

There was some big snake news in 2025. Taylor Stanberry, a Naples native, was the 2025 Florida Python Challenge winner and the first woman to ever win the competition. She captured 60 of the invasive ...

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

NAPLES, Fla. — Three men said how they're pumped for the annual Python Challenge invasive snake hunting event, after catching a nearly 18-foot python Wednesday night in the Big Cypress National ...

The event now feels like equal parts wildlife management effort, local tradition, and surreal endurance test.