OCHOPEE, Fla. — Hunters in the Big Cypress National Preserve, near the Florida Everglades, caught a 17-foot long, 140 pound female python, the preserve said Friday afternoon. The record-setting catch ...

With Florida's menacing invasive python population, the South Florida Water Management District is rewarding $1,000 for most ...

Knowing how to catch pythons and other large exotic snakes is a fine art that's in increasing demand in South Florida. On a recent day on Big Pine Key, Ron Rozar of the U.S. Geological Survey and Jeff ...

A giant 198-pound python was caught in Florida, making it the second-largest snake ever to be captured in the state. It took five men to wrangle the 17-foot female Burmese python from a swamp in the ...

A husband and wife were on the way home from an uneventful night of python hunting in the Big Cypress National Preserve in Florida recently when they spotted a Burmese python and sprung into action.

COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. — A Florida college student, along with two new buddies, snagged what might be the biggest Burmese python catch by amateur hunters in Florida history. Joshua Laquis connected with ...

Mike Kimmel had been hunting for nine hours with nothing to show for it early Monday morning when he spied the Burmese python on a levee. Unremarkable in size at just 7 feet, the invasive snake was ...

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EVERGLADES, Fla. (WSVN) — Two hunters searching for pythons in the Everglades came across a 15-foot snake. The massive snake put up a fight, but the two snake trappers were able to get their hands on ...