Learn how a man's dream of becoming a professional python hunter resulted in the capture of the second-largest python in Florida history.

Florida residents and visitors might expect to see the occasional alligator on a golf course or beach and perhaps even lizards falling from trees now and then, but a recent wildlife encounter in the ...

In this fun video, Carl Jackson and his children show off their near-record python catch using their own bodies for ...

Carl Jackson has only been hunting snakes in Florida since June of 2025. He's off to a strong start with a near-record catch on Jan. 13.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There are snakes like the ones you see in slithering in your backyard garden on occasion. Then there are snakes like the one Carl ...

A 16-foot, 10-inch python caught by a family of hunters on Jan. 13 weighed 202 pounds, the second heaviest python ever ...

Carl Jackson noticed something when he turned his truck around on Turner River Road in Big Cypress National Park. It was almost 4 p.m. on Jan. 13. He was on his way back to near where he had just ...