Each year, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission turns python removal into a public competition. The Python Challenge offers prize money, draws public attention, and has made post-capture photos a familiar part of the event.

Experts across the Sunshine State are monitoring an increasing presence of the deadly Burmese Python in the Everglades.

Contestants in this year's Florida Python Challenge will crunch through South Florida sawgrass during one of the hottest times of the year, harried by triple-digit "feels like" temperatures during the day and steamy 80-plus degree nights. And that's by design.

There’s mounting evidence Everglades pythons can migrate north and west from South Florida. Have they invaded Palm Beach County?