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

With help from his wife and kids, who prevented the snake from squeezing him to death, Carl Jackson wrangled the second-heaviest Burmese python ever caught in the state ...

Florida incentivizes hunters to eliminate invasive Burmese pythons through programs offering cash rewards. The invasive snakes, numbering in the tens of thousands, disrupt the Everglades ecosystem by ...

A contracted hunter captured the second-heaviest Burmese python ever recorded in Florida, weighing 202 pounds. Invasive Burmese pythons are devastating the South Florida ecosystem by preying on small ...

Jackson caught the 202-pound snake with the help of his wife, adopted son, and step-daughter Jackson works for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) to prevent pythons from ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Friday marked ...

With a new year under way the South Florida Water Management Districted (SFWMD) is once again incentivizing Burmese python hunters in Florida to eliminate as many of the invasive snakes as they can ...

A Florida python hunter recently captured a 202-pound Burmese python, one of the heaviest on record. Although not venomous, pythons have sharp, fang-like teeth that can cause painful bites. Invasive ...

The Florida Python Challenge is fast approaching, and hunters can sign up now to euthanize as many invasive Burmese pythons as possible in 10 days to help protect the Everglades (and potentially win ...