John Hammond, one of several python hunters participating in Florida’s Python Elimination Program, single-handedly caught an 18-foot Burmese python, the biggest ever captured in the program. The ...

Snakes of all varieties are found in communities worldwide. However, when an 18-foot python is on the loose, it can put those who live in communities where the huge snakes are not part of the local ...

A Florida man now holds the record for capturing the largest Burmese python in the state after he ensnared a massive 18-footer over the weekend. John Hammond captured the serpent in the Florida ...

Up to his knees in canal water, Ryan Ausburn braced against a weedy bank, feet dug into mud and straining to hold onto the wet python that was slipping from his grip. His partner, Kevin Pavlidis, had ...

Monday was two-for-one day for python surveyors in Southwest Florida. Hours after the Naples Daily News published a story about a member of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's ...

A Florida man has been praised by wildlife officials this week after capturing a huge Burmese python in the wild that was nearly 18 feet long. According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ...

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Southwest Florida biologists wrangled the largest Burmese python yet to be captured in the state of Florida. A team of three hauled it from the Picayune Strand State Forest to the ...

Florida just can’t stop over-the-topping itself. Self-proclaimed “snakeaholics” Ryan Ausburn and Kevin Pavlidis have tracked-down an 18.9-foot Burmese python, setting a new record in the Sunshine ...

While on the hunt, the 18-year-old spotted a massive python that measured 15-feet, 6-inches, which is longer than an SUV, and weighed about 86 pounds. “We go over, and there’s a snake’s head just ...