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

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.

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.

EVERGLADES CITY, Fla. — A snake-hunting team just bagged one of the largest Burmese pythons ever caught in Florida. Zach Hoffman, Jan Gianello and Justice Sargood said they had covered 140 miles and ...

It was like riding a slow horse. It was insane,” Carl Jackson said about the second-heaviest Burmese python caught in Florida ...

The 9-foot Burmese python was temporarily blinded due to shedding, trapper Mike Kimmel noted. Python Cowboy video screengrab One of Florida’s best-known wildlife trackers defied logic by taking a ...

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 ...

A Florida woman caught 60 snakes in the state's annual 10-day challenge to eliminate the invasive Burmese python species wreaking havoc with the Everglades ecosystem. More than 900 people participated ...

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The state of Florida has a bounty out on invasive pythons, luring amateur snake killers into the Everglades for a month-long hunt. Hilarious, right? Not to those who say it encourages cruelty and does ...