Python hunter Carl Jackson needed family assistance to uncoil the snake from his body and subdue the second-heaviest python ...

It was like riding a slow horse,” said Carl Jackson, a full-time Burmese python hunter with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. “It was insane.” ...

Professional python hunter needed his family’s help to wrest the second-heaviest invasive Burmese python on record out of the swamp.

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

Snakes may not be known for wagging tails or greeting their owners at the door, but some species are thought to be ...