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

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.

Volunteer python hunter Dave Hackathorn, 53, of Waverly, W.Va., with a 4-foot-6-inch python caught west of Miami. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times) Studies indicate pythons have devastated the ...

No one knows how many of these giant snakes now infest south Florida, but estimates range from 100,000 to more than a million, said Kevin Donmoyer, an invasive-species biologist at Everglades National ...

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.” ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The FWC and Inversa partner to control Burmese python population in the Everglades. Kills tripled this July compared to last July, ...

米印貿易合意、3月に署名へ印商工相が見通し インドのゴヤル商工相は5日、米国との貿易合意について3月に協定に正式調印するとの見通しを示した。両国は4─5日以内に共同声明を発表するという。

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A FWC staffer holds up a Burmese python cauhgt in Florida. Florida couple Christina Kraus and Aaron Mann captured 87 invasive ...