2024 Florida Python Challenge, a 10-day event from August 9-18, offers cash prizes to remove invasive Burmese pythons from the Everglades.

Registration is open for the 2024 Florida Python Challenge, a 10-day event from August 9-18 aimed at removing invasive Burmese pythons from the Everglades. The competition offers cash prizes totaling over $25,000, including a $10,000 grand prize for the top python remover. Invasive Burmese pythons pose a threat to native wildlife in the region, and since 2000, over 21,000 have been removed.