“Today, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and partners announced the final results and winners of the 2025 Florida Python Challenge™. During this year’s 10-day competition, 934 participants from 30 states and Canada helped support Everglades conservation by collectively removing a record 294 invasive Burmese pythons from south Florida. The intent of the Florida Python Challenge is to increase awareness about invasive species and the threats they pose to Florida’s ecology, while offering the public a way to get directly involved in Everglades conservation through removal of invasive Burmese pythons. This year’s event included the exciting addition of Everglades National Park as one of eight official competition locations,” says a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission announcing Taylor Stanberry as the winner of the $10,000 prize at 60 snakes, edging out second place Donna Kalil’s very close 56.
But again, they’re all kind of winners when they get to take home the gamey, flavorless snake meat.