As another python hunting year winds down in Florida, it will be a tall order for any hunter to top Carl Jackson's near-record catch in January.

Carl Jackson caught this year's heaviest Burmese python in Florida. Could the next catch happen in Palm Beach County?

It's been more than three years since the record for longest python ever caught in Florida was set. Could there be longer ...

A 69-year-old professional python hunter and veterans nonprofit founder from Lutz, Florida, captured and euthanized 96 invasive Burmese pythons during the 2026 Florida Python Challenge — setting a new ...

Time is running out for any Florida Burmese python hunter looking to top what Carl Jackson did earlier this year. As of Sept. 24, Jackson still has the distinction of capturing the state's heaviest ...

A 202-pound Burmese python caught in January is the heaviest captured in Florida so far this year. The heaviest python ever caught in Florida weighed 215 pounds and was captured in 2022. At least 56 ...

Tom Rahill, founder of Swamp Apes, handles a Burmese python at Everglades Holiday Park in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on April 25, 2019. RHONA WISE/AFP via Getty Images A 69-year-old professional python ...