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

There are way more pythons than hunters to remove them in Florida. But the ones that do kill them can be paid full-time by the FWC.

An invasive python in South Florida. As temperatures drop, experts explain how cold weather affects reptiles — and why pythons can still survive freezes that don’t last long. MyFWC Florida Fish and ...

The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued widespread extreme cold watches and warnings across Florida ahead of an arctic blast set to plunge temperatures in the state. Although most Floridians ...

As expected, green iguanas living in Southwest Florida froze and fell to the ground in many places early Sunday morning (Feb. 1). Temperatures plummeted into the low 30's as far south as Naples and ...

Pythons are a common sight across much of Asia, especially in the tropical jungles and wetlands of countries like Vietnam, ...

Evidence has shown that Burmese pythons are becoming cold-tolerant due to their genome being altered by evolutionary change Florida's invasive Burmese pythons are reportedly surviving despite ...

Burmese pythons are an invasive species in South Florida, originally from Southeast Asia and introduced through the pet trade. The non-venomous constrictors disrupt the ecosystem by preying on native ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Contracted Burmese python hunter Carl Jackson, his wife, son and daughter, worked together to capture a 202-pound female python ...

A professional snake hunter had his hands full earlier this month, as he grappled with the second-heaviest Burmese python ever caught in Florida. Carl Jackson, 43, was dragged 10 to 15 feet over red ...

The world is now using so much fresh water amid the consequences of climate change that it has entered an era of water bankruptcy, with many regions no longer able to bounce back from frequent water ...

During the past few years the Naples Daily News and The News-Press have covered numerous stories about Burmese pythons and the hunters who catch them in Florida. Hunters like Carl Jackson, who is a ...