With some help from his family, python contractor Carl Jackson caught the second-heaviest Burmese python ever captured in the wild in Florida.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Carl Jackson noticed something when he turned his truck around on Turner River Road in Big Cypress National Park. It was almost 4 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There are snakes like the ones you see in slithering in your backyard garden on occasion. Then there are snakes like the one Carl ...

Three hunters recently captured a massive Burmese python in the Florida Everglades. Zach Hoffman, Jan Gianello and Justice Sargood caught the invasive snake near Everglades City just after midnight on ...

The South Florida Water Management District is in its second year of managing a Python Removal Program. Winners win cash prizes.

On a recent afternoon, Carl Jackson and his family were hunting for pythons on a dirt road about 30 miles east of Naples in Big Cypress National Preserve. Jackson said he turned his truck around to ...

A professional snake hunter had his hands full earlier this month, as he grappled with the second-heaviest Burmese python ever caught in Florida. Carl Jackson, 43, was dragged 10 to 15 feet over red ...

A python hunter caught the second-heaviest Burmese python ever recorded in Florida, weighing 202 pounds. The 16-foot, 10-inch female python was captured in Big Cypress National Park with the help of ...

A Florida python hunter captured a 202-pound female Burmese python in the Everglades. The captured snake is the second heaviest on record in Florida, measuring 16 feet, 10 inches long. Burmese pythons ...