With some help from his family, python contractor Carl Jackson caught the second-heaviest Burmese python ever captured in the ...

EVERGLADES, Fla. (WFLA)— A Florida representative joined university of Florida scientists to capture a 10-foot python they have tracked. U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz joined UF scientists to ...

The search for invasive pythons takes hunters deep into the Everglades. Every rustle in the grass could mean a massive snake nearby. These predators are not native to Florida. Stopping them is a race ...

Three hunters recently captured a massive Burmese python in the Florida Everglades. Zach Hoffman, Jan Gianello and Justice Sargood caught the invasive snake near Everglades City just after midnight on ...

EVERGLADES, Fla. (WSVN) — It’s not every day you see an elected official in the wild hunting for pythons. Democratic U.S. Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz joined a team of scientists from the ...

Asian swamp eels are spreading through the Everglades and decimating crayfish populations, leading to comparisons with ...

Nile monitors are spreading across South Florida. They are olive-green or black, with yellow striping on their head and jaw ...

"They're very wild, they're very active. They don't make good pets at all. They don't calm down." ...

Another giant reptile is clawing its way toward disrupting the South Florida ecosystem as an invasive species. The Nile monitor -- a semi-aquatic lizard equipped with razor claws that can grow up to 6 ...

Advocates say commercial alligator farming has helped preserve a species often seen as scary, bothersome or good only for ...

These wetlands, these alligators … it has to have some kind of monetary value,” said George Melancon, alligator research biologist for the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.

After following all of the official rules and regulations, Freddy and Mike dressed to kill—in their knee-high snake boots, camouflage pants, and safari vests—and set out on The Great Python Safari.