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

It was like riding a slow horse,” said Carl Jackson, a full-time Burmese python hunter with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. “It was insane.” ...

Python hunter Carl Jackson needed family assistance to uncoil the snake from his body and subdue the second-heaviest python ...

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

Volunteer python hunter Dave Hackathorn, 53, of Waverly, W.Va., with a 4-foot-6-inch python caught west of Miami. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times) Studies indicate pythons have devastated the ...

Python hunter 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.

It’s 10 p.m. on the fifth night of the 2023 Florida Python Challenge, and Amy Siewe is cruising nearly 11 feet above the pavement on her new “snake deck.” It’s a modified perch on the back of her ...

Python hunters have nothing to be afraid of when it comes to venom and pythons. They are not venomous. But they have very ...

Python hunter Kevin Pavlidis won for the third time in 2025. The competition is sponsored by the South Florida Water Management District.

Florida's Burmese pythons have reached a level of lore in Florida that perhaps no other animals have held in the state. They're the ultimate of swamp monsters. Pythons are gigantic predators from ...

The Temple of Pythons in Benin is a sacred site deeply connected to Vodun beliefs, where pythons are revered as symbols of ...