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 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.” ...

Two boys were sleeping in an apartment above a reptile store. Aug. 5, 2013— -- Two young boys were strangled by an escaped python as they slept today, according to the the Royal Canadian Mounted ...

When Burmese python hunters in the annual Florida Python Challenge catch and humanely kill the invasive snake, their job is only partially done. There is a carcass to deal with. Sometimes, a very ...

MIAMI (AP) – More than 1,000 people signed up to hunt Burmese pythons in the Florida Everglades, but just a fraction of them have been successful so far. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ...

He slithered away with the big win. Hunters removed nearly 200 invasive Burmese pythons from the Florida Everglades during 2024’s Florida Python Challenge this summer – and the winners got some cash ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Only about twice the size of domestic cats, Florida's bobcats may be small in size, but they're big in moxie. Case in point: A ...