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

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.

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.

Burmese pythons are an invasive species in South Florida, negatively impacting native wildlife and ecosystems. State and federal programs pay contracted hunters to find and remove the invasive snakes ...

In this fun video, Carl Jackson and his children show off their near-record python catch using their own bodies for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Earlier this year, the Conservancy of Southwest Florida passed an astonishing milesone: The nonprofit announced it had taken 20 ...