Professional python hunter needed his family’s help to wrest the second-heaviest invasive Burmese python on record out of the swamp.

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Burmese pythons, one of the largest snake species in the world, could be the most destructive invasive animal in Florida ...

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 ...

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

It was the catch of a lifetime. For contracted python hunter Carl Jackson, wrangling a near record python earlier this year (Jan. 13) was likely satisfying in more ways than one. First, his struggle ...

Burmese pythons, one of the largest snake species in the world, could be the most destructive invasive animal in Florida Everglades history. They can swim, burrow and climb trees, and they eat almost ...