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

NAPLES, Fla. (WFLA) — Burmese pythons are unwanted and taking over the Everglades. An estimated half a million of these ...

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

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.” ...

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

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 ...

When the weather gets cold in Florida, gators stop eating and iguanas start dropping. How do low temps affect the invasive Burmese python?

There are way more pythons than hunters to remove them in Florida. But the ones that do kill them can be paid full-time by the FWC.