OCHOPEE, Fla. (Reuters) - Thomas Aycock's life flashed before his eyes one night in the Everglades as a 13-foot Burmese python squeezed his arm and a leg in its coils. Aycock, who was trying to bag ...

Python hunters work the night shift — clocking in at sundown and hunting till dawn to track their quarry, which lies low during the sweltering heat of summer days.

(SOUNDBITE) (English) PYTHON HUNTER, THOMAS AYCOCK, SAYING: “We’ll get us a bag, get us situated.” It’s a tough job, but somebody’s gotta do it. These python hunters are scouring the Florida ...

A Florida woman caught 60 snakes in the state's annual 10-day challenge to eliminate the invasive Burmese python species wreaking havoc with the Everglades ecosystem. More than 900 people participated ...

The famous quote from the movie Jaws is "You're gonna need a bigger boat." This line is spoken by Chief Martin Brody (played by Roy Scheider) to Quint (played by Robert Shaw) during the film. The line ...

Burmese pythons are an invasive species in South Florida, negatively impacting native wildlife and ecosystems. State and federal programs pay contracted hunters to find and remove the invasive snakes ...

Sporting a long, blond braid and python-skin-brimmed hat, Kalil was one of the first hunters the water district hired, and she claims to have mentored or brought on 27 others. During a recent hunt, ...

Amy Siewe has always loved snakes. When she was a kid, her dad would take her down to the creek and they'd try to catch reptiles, amphibians — all kinds of little critters. But in early 2019, she ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Carl Jackson noticed something when he turned his truck around on Turner River Road in Big Cypress National Park. It was almost 4 ...

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 ...