When the weather gets cold in Florida, gators stop eating and iguanas start dropping. How do low temps affect the invasive Burmese python?

Experts explain how invasive pythons and other reptiles in South Florida react to freezing temperatures - and why cold weather won't solve the problem.

In the Everglades, python and gator conflict keeps rising as reproduction, spread, and hidden populations outpace control ...

A dramatic video shows how python hunter Carl Jackson wrestled with a 200-pound snake that he estimates dragged him 10-15 feet.

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Python hunter 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.

FORTUNATELY, NOBODY WAS INJURED. CONTROLLING THE PYTHON POPULATION HERE IN FLORIDA, GOVERNOR DESANTIS SPOKE IN STUART TODAY ABOUT SOME NEW ACTIONS THE STATE PLANS TO TAKE TO CONTROL THE GROWTH OF ...

Learn how a man's dream of becoming a professional python hunter resulted in the capture of the second-largest python in Florida history.

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

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

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 ...