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.” ...

Quick Take Securing the state’s second-heaviest python required enduring a violent 15-foot drag across an anthill. Finding a ...

Veteran python hunter Donna Kalil was optimistic this year she would take home the $10,000 grand prize in the 2024 Florida Python Challenge. Kalil, a contract hunter with the South Florida Water ...

The invasive Burmese python slithering around the Everglades, and now in some other places in Florida, is starting to give the alligator a run for its money when it comes to the number of jaw-dropping ...

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

The 2024 Florida Python Challenge began at 12:01 am Friday, Aug. 9 and ended at 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 18. In total, 857 participants competed in the 2024 snake hunt challenge from 33 states and Canada.