Carl Jackson caught a nearly 17-ft long Burmese python weighing over 200lbs as part of an effort to rid Florida of the invasive snake.

The event now feels like equal parts wildlife management effort, local tradition, and surreal endurance test.

FORT LAUDERDALE - A Florida Fish & Wildlife python trapper had the catch of a lifetime last week in an area west of Fort Lauderdale when he captured a Burmese python over 17 feet in length. "You gotta ...

Reptile enthusiasts have expressed opposition to a new restriction that adds five species of large Asian and African pythons to Arkansas' list of prohibited captive wildlife. The approved regulations ...

A nine-foot-long Indian Rock Python was rescued by a Wildlife SOS team from a 40-foot deep open well in village near here on Monday. The reptile is currently under observation and will soon be ...

The Conservancy of Southwest Florida's python removal program has eliminated over 20 tons of Burmese pythons since 2013. Researchers use surgically implanted radio transmitters in male "scout snakes" ...

"Must be very [fierce]." ...

(NBC) - Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officials removed "a very large Burmese python" from a home in Apopka Friday afternoon. Officials said it was the biggest snake they had seen ...