It's been more than three years since the record for longest python ever caught in Florida was set. Could there be longer ...

As another python hunting year winds down in Florida, it will be a tall order for any hunter to top Carl Jackson's ...

Carl Jackson caught this year's heaviest Burmese python in Florida. Could the next catch happen in Palm Beach County?

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock The latest python season ended with a new record number of catches for Florida wildlife biologists, in part, ...

A 69-year-old professional python hunter and veterans nonprofit founder from Lutz, Florida, captured and euthanized 96 invasive Burmese pythons during the 2026 Florida Python Challenge — setting a new ...

Southwest Florida's fight against invasive Burmese pythons has reached both a grim milestone and a hopeful one. One Naples-based conservation team now says it has completed its first "four-ton" ...

Their time above ground also shifted seasonally, rising during Florida's cooler dry months.

Professional python hunter Carl Jackson recently caught a 202-pound python, the second heaviest ever recorded in Florida. Python bites are a common risk for hunters, and their teeth feel like needles ...

A 19-foot Burmese python caught in Florida in July 2023 set the record for the Sunshine State. Hunters pulled it from the Big ...

A Burmese python guarding a clutch of eggs may appear to be doing little more than lying tightly coiled around them. In fact, ...

Tom Rahill, founder of Swamp Apes, handles a Burmese python at Everglades Holiday Park in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on April 25, 2019. RHONA WISE/AFP via Getty Images A 69-year-old professional python ...

As the 2026 Florida Python Challenge winds down, we are revisiting a story from earlier this year. We interviewed professional python hunter Carl Jackson soon after he had caught a 16-foot, 10-inch ...