A contracted hunter working deep in Florida’s swamps has helped capture one of the largest Burmese pythons ever recorded in ...
Quick Take Securing the state’s second-largest python required enduring a violent 15-foot drag across an anthill. Finding 200 ...
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 has only been hunting snakes in Florida since June of 2025. He's off to a strong start with a near ...
A dramatic video shows how python hunter Carl Jackson wrestled with a 200-pound snake that he estimates dragged him 10-15 ...
A team of biologists recently hauled in the heaviest Burmese python ever captured in Florida, officials said. The invasive female python weighed in at 215 pounds, was nearly 18 feet long and had 122 ...
Cozy climate and other factors align in Florida to make the state Earth’s playground for the most established, invasive ...
FILE - A Burmese python is held during a safe capture demonstration at a media event for the 2022 Florida Python Challenge, June 16, 2022, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne ...