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.

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

A dramatic video shows how python hunter Carl Jackson wrestled with a 200-pound snake that he estimates dragged him 10-15 feet.

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FILE - A Burmese python is held during a safe capture demonstration at a media event for the 2022 Florida Python Challenge, June 16, 2022, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne ...

Quick Take Securing the state’s second-heaviest python required enduring a violent 15-foot drag across an anthill. Finding a record-challenging clutch of eggs inside the specimen highlights a ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis spoke on the historic success of removing nearly 300 invasive pythons in the 2025 Florida Python Challenge. The non-Florida native Burmese Python preys on native mammals, birds and ...

There are way more pythons than hunters to remove them in Florida. But the ones that do kill them can be paid full-time by the FWC.

Florida’s Everglades are teeming with gigantic, invasive snakes, but a fluffy, high-tech solution is poised to help. The state is turning to robotic stuffed rabbits to help trap invasive Burmese ...

Scientists in the Everglades are taking a new approach to combat the Burmese python invasion. They are not only capturing snakes but also predicting breeding sites and removing entire nests before ...

EVERGLADES, FLA. (WSVN) — A pair of python hunters stumbled across a python swim party that might offer new insights into their nesting patterns in Florida. Professional python hunters Guillermo ...