In the Big Cypress National Preserve in South Florida, hunters from the area bagged a 19-foot Burmese python. It was one the biggest ones ever documented. Jake Waleri is a 22-year-old from Naples.

In the annals of record-breaking animals, there is big, and then there is Florida python big. Leave it to a professional ...

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

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — It was about 2 in the morning when Claudilio Cruz, a member of a road crew spreading asphalt on U.S. 1 in the affluent Miami suburb of Pinecrest, heard frantic honking. When he ...

A quiet Sunday in Riviera Beach’s Woodbine neighborhood took an unexpected turn when a resident found a large snake stretched across the front door.

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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With a new year under way the South Florida Water Management Districted (SFWMD) is once again incentivizing Burmese python hunters ...

Burmese pythons may be the most destructive foreign animal in Florida Everglades history. They're among the largest snakes in the world, averaging between 6 and 9 feet. The longest python ever ...