For Beth Koehler and Peggy Van Gorder, this is how it works: Three days a week they run Hair of the Dog, their dog grooming salon in St. Petersburg, Florida. Then they close up shop, pick up their ...

Some Floridians are known for their knack for wrangling reptiles, but this year's Florida Python Challenge has set the bar even higher. Armed with grit and patience, one woman from Naples walked away ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For the first time, a woman won the Florida Python Challenge in July and collected her $10,000 reward this week. More than 900 ...

HAVANA, Fla. — The totals from this year's 10-day Florida Python Challenge have been tabulated, and we now know the winners. The annual event took place from July 11-20, resulting in the record ...

Taylor Stanberry won the $10,000 grand prize, the first woman to do so, with 60 pythons caught. Donna Kalil, a veteran hunter, caught the most pythons in the professional category with 56 snakes. A ...

Taylor Stanberry of Naples took home first place in the 2025 Florida Python Challenge. She catches invasive Burmese pythons year-round as a contractor with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ...

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 ...

Half of the winners in this year’s Python Challenge were women, the highest number of huntresses to take home prizes in the annual contest that pits wits and skill as much as muscle against the ...

Taylor Stanberry, a Naples native, won the 2025 Florida Python Challenge, removing 60 Burmese pythons. The annual competition aims to control the invasive python population in Florida. This is the ...