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

Carl Jackson had a Burmese python encounter like few others on Jan. 13. When he finally contained the invasive snake, he had ...

“If you look at the iguana, there’s a circle on the side of its head that’s actually a really good aiming point,” he says.

Florida’s 10-day Python Challenge is underway as hunters take to the Everglades for glory, a $10,000 prize, and to help rid the state of its invasive Burmese python problem. According to the FWC, the ...

Most people don’t expect a snake to have a public career or a retirement plan. Yet Lady Gaga, an albino carpet python living at Territory Wildlife Park near Darwin, has done both. For nearly two ...

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

Python hunter Carl Jackson catches the second-heaviest python in Florida history. 'She's bigger than I thought,' says Jackson ...

The new year started off with a bang when a python hunter caught a 202-pound female python. That's a lot of meat to eat. But ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Engineers gouged thousands of miles of canals into South Florida’s soggy landscape to drain the Everglades for development and ...

The invasive snakes are excellent swimmers and can hold their breath for up to 30 minutes. Pythons may increasingly be found in residential backyards and urban areas adjacent to these waterways.

A Southwest Florida python removal program has captured over 48,000 pounds of the invasive snakes. This year's python breeding season started earlier than usual, possibly due to warmer winter weather.

“The Hunting Party” aired the second episode of its second season on Thursday, Jan. 15 at 10 p.m. You can watch the episode on demand, or live as future episodes air on NBC, with DIRECTV (free trial).