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

A contracted hunter working deep in Florida’s swamps has helped capture one of the largest Burmese pythons ever recorded in ...

Professional python hunter needed his family’s help to wrest the second-heaviest invasive Burmese python on record out of the ...

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.

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.

FILE - A Burmese python is held during a safe capture demonstration at a media event for the 2022 Florida Python Challenge, June 16, 2022, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne ...

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.” ...

A dramatic video shows how python hunter Carl Jackson wrestled with a 200-pound snake that he estimates dragged him 10-15 ...

Scientist on Burmese pythons: 'removing over 24 tons of python locally feels like a dent to me, but I’m biased.' ...

Python hunters have nothing to be afraid of when it comes to venom and pythons. They are not venomous. But they have very ...

In this video, taken on Jan. 13, 2026, contracted python hunger Carl Jackson works to contain a massive female Burmese python ...

Pythons can tolerate saltwater and freshwater and have been observed swimming in Florida Bay and Biscayne Bay.