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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than 20 tons of Burmese python have now been pulled from the wilds of Southwest Florida by one of the region’s most enduring ...

A Florida woman caught 60 snakes in the state's annual 10-day challenge to eliminate the invasive Burmese python species wreaking havoc with the Everglades ecosystem. More than 900 people participated ...

The biggest Burmese python ever caught in Florida — 17 feet, 7 inches long and 164½ pounds — was found in Everglades National Park, the University of Florida announced Monday. The snake was pregnant ...

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

During the past few years the Naples Daily News and The News-Press have covered numerous stories about Burmese pythons and the hunters who catch them in Florida. Hunters like Carl Jackson, who is a ...

Burmese pythons, one of the largest snake species in the world, could be the most destructive invasive animal in Florida Everglades history. They can swim, burrow and climb trees, and they eat almost ...

Burmese pythons are an invasive species in South Florida, negatively impacting native wildlife and ecosystems. State and federal programs pay contracted hunters to find and remove the invasive snakes ...