Python hunter Carl Jackson needed family assistance to uncoil the snake from his body and subdue the second-heaviest python ...

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Carl Jackson had a Burmese python encounter like few others on Jan. 13. When he finally contained the invasive snake, he had ...

It was like riding a slow horse,” said Carl Jackson, a full-time Burmese python hunter with the Florida Fish and Wildlife ...

Pythons can tolerate saltwater and freshwater and have been observed swimming in Florida Bay and Biscayne Bay.

In this video, taken on Jan. 13, 2026, contracted python hunger Carl Jackson works to contain a massive female Burmese python ...

Scientist on Burmese pythons: 'removing over 24 tons of python locally feels like a dent to me, but I’m biased.' ...

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

If they reach the ecosystem's carrying capacity in the Everglades, the pythons will spread, and that likely means into backyards.

One of Florida's most anticipated events of the year is almost here — the 2025 Florida Python Challenge. The Burmese python is a large, nonvenomous constrictor snake that is an invasive species in ...

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 ...

The Burmese python is one of the largest snakes in the world. Adult snakes caught in Florida are between 6 and 9 feet on average, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.