Florida’s python hunts are going commercial as the state partners with a luxury leather manufacturer that pays better and uses more high-tech weapons in the pursuit of the invasive snake. Gov. Ron ...

Florida is taking a step toward hands-on wildlife management that ultimately enlists the public to help with invasive-species removals, including one particularly notorious carnivore. Known as the ...

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 ...

Mike Kimmel, known as the "Python Cowboy," leads guided hunts for invasive iguana and Burmese pythons. Invasive iguanas are a costly pest in Florida, damaging landscaping and burrowing into flood ...

Burmese pythons are an invasive species in Florida that have significantly impacted the native mammal population. The python population likely became established after escaping breeding facilities ...

A Florida python hunter captured a 202-pound female Burmese python in the Everglades. The captured snake is the second heaviest on record in Florida, measuring 16 feet, 10 inches long. Burmese pythons ...

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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 ...

Florida is partnering with a luxury leather company to increase the number of invasive pythons caught. The company, Inversa, turns python skins into high-end fashion items like wallets, belts, and ...