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

Learn how a man's dream of becoming a professional python hunter resulted in the capture of the second-largest python in Florida history.

Carl Jackson had a Burmese python encounter like few others on Jan. 13. When he finally contained the invasive snake, he had a near-record catch.

It was like riding a slow horse,” said Carl Jackson, a full-time Burmese python hunter with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. “It was insane.” ...

Burmese pythons are unwanted and taking over the Everglades. An estimated half a million of these snakes are decimating the natural ecosystem by eating the native mammals like deer, bobcats, ...

Carl Jackson has only been hunting snakes in Florida since June of 2025. He's off to a strong start with a near-record catch on Jan. 13.

The annual Florida Python Challenge is back. The event offers hunters from across the country the chance to win a $10,000 Ultimate Grand Prize for removing the most invasive Burmese pythons from the ...

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 ...

The Florida Python Challenge, an annual statewide competition that kicks off Friday, will bring hundreds of snake-hunting professionals and novices to South Florida to hunt what wildlife officials are ...

Beneath Indonesia’s dense forests, a female reticulated python was found that stretched an astonishing 7.22 metres (23 feet 8 ...

The Temple of Pythons in Benin is a sacred site deeply connected to Vodun beliefs, where pythons are revered as symbols of ...