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

A team of biologists recently hauled in the heaviest Burmese python ever captured in Florida, officials said. The invasive female python weighed in at 215 pounds, was nearly 18 feet long and had 122 ...

In this fun video, Carl Jackson and his children show off their near-record python catch using their own bodies for ...

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

In the annals of record-breaking animals, there is big, and then there is Florida python big. Leave it to a professional ...

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 ...

Scientist on Burmese pythons: 'removing over 24 tons of python locally feels like a dent to me, but I’m biased.' ...

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 ...

The South Florida Water Management District started its second year of the python elimination program. One hunter has stood ...

Burmese pythons are among the largest snakes in the world. Adult animals average between 10 and 16 feet long, according to the University of Florida. The large, nonvenomous constrictor snakes are ...

The Florida Python Challenge is an annual 10-day hunting competition encouraging participants to remove Burmese pythons from eight Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-managed lands in ...

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 ...