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

The South Florida Water Management District started its second year of the python elimination program. One hunter has stood out.

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Biologist Ian Easterling, wearing a Santa Claus hat, appeared to be enjoying a stroll through the swampy terrain of Southwest ...

It was the catch of a lifetime. For contracted python hunter Carl Jackson, wrangling a near record python earlier this year (Jan. 13) was likely satisfying in more ways than one. First, his struggle ...

The team, half of whom are women, captures alligators for health checks and tracks invasive Burmese pythons. Researchers use technology like radio telemetry, drones, and thermal cameras to manage ...

In the Everglades, python and gator conflict keeps rising as reproduction, spread, and hidden populations outpace control efforts.

Experts believe the snakes may be dispersing from the Everglades as their population grows, using connected waterways as highways. While not considered an overwhelming threat to humans, pythons can ...