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 swamp.

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

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-largest python required enduring a violent 15-foot drag across an anthill. Finding 200 ...

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.

200+ pound python bagged in Florida swamp A python weighing over 200 pounds was recently bagged at a swamp in Florida. A contracted hunter working deep in the swamps of Big Cypress National Preserve ...

The Florida Python Challenge is an annual competition to remove invasive Burmese pythons from South Florida. The event aims to raise public awareness about the threat invasive species pose to the ...

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.

Jake Waleri couldn’t come to the phone Thursday night. Just days after he caught the longest Burmese python ever recorded in Florida, measuring 19-feet long, he was out for another late night of ...

When the weather gets cold in Florida, gators stop eating and iguanas start dropping. How do low temps affect the invasive ...

Cozy climate and other factors align in Florida to make the state Earth’s playground for the most established, invasive ...