A 22-year-old captured the longest documented Burmese python ever caught in Florida. The 19-foot python was caught by Jake Waleri in the Big Cypress National Preserve near Naples on Monday night.

A total of 294 Burmese pythons were eliminated during the 2025 Florida Python Challenge – the most of any python challenge since the event started in 2013. But only one snake by a hunter was ...

The winner of the $10,000 ultimate grand prize this year was Taylor Stanberry, who removed a whopping 60 pythons.

The longest python caught in the 2025 Florida Python Challenge was recorded in the Novice category.

The Burmese python snake was measured by the Southwest Florida Conservancy and confirmed to be the longest ever captured in the state.