Python hunter Carl Jackson catches the second-heaviest python in Florida history. 'She's bigger than I thought,' says Jackson ...

Professional python hunter needed his family’s help to wrest the second-heaviest invasive Burmese python on record out of the swamp.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A FWC staffer holds up a Burmese python cauhgt in Florida. Florida couple Christina Kraus and Aaron Mann captured 87 invasive ...

Quick Take Securing the state’s second-heaviest python required enduring a violent 15-foot drag across an anthill. Finding a ...

The Florida Python Challenge 2025 is in full swing. The annual snake hunt started at 12:01 a.m. July 11. It will end at 5 p.m. July 20. Participants have until July 20 to kill as many Burmese pythons ...

Burmese pythons are unwanted and taking over the Everglades. An estimated half a million of these snakes are decimating the ...

Florida's Burmese pythons have reached a level of lore in Florida that perhaps no other animals have held in the state. They're the ultimate of swamp monsters. Pythons are gigantic predators from ...

Carl Jackson noticed something when he turned his truck around on Turner River Road in Big Cypress National Park. It was almost 4 p.m. on Jan. 13. He was on his way back to near where he had just ...

Since 2000, more than 17,000 pythons have been removed from the Everglades ecosystem, according to a news release. Burmese pythons, which are not native to Florida, prey on birds, mammals and other ...

Need a few extra bucks? Maybe you can make those extra dollars hunting pythons! The Florida Wildlife Conservation Commission is teaming up with the Everglades National Park to expand the state’s ...

The South Florida Water Management District's Python Elimination Program awards cash prizes to python removal agents. Kevin Pavlidis was the top winner for November, earning $2,500 for removing the ...

A python hunter caught the second-heaviest Burmese python ever recorded in Florida, weighing 202 pounds. The 16-foot, 10-inch female python was captured in Big Cypress National Park with the help of ...