Editor’s note: Bill Kearney, who covers the environment for the South Florida Sun Sentinel, headed out to the Everglades, where he experienced a python hunt … of the canine kind. I’m on my hands and ...

Otto was more than a good dog. The German wirehaired pointer made a name for himself hunting invasive species in the tangled canals and swamps of South Florida, tracking down iguanas and pythons with ...

EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK, Florida — As Burmese python sightings continue across South Florida, local trappers are looking into new ways to track down the invasive reptiles. Mike Kimmel, a python ...

THE EVERGLADES, FLA. (WSVN) - A python hunter has teamed up with some mighty canines to help sniff out snakes, but one of them is no ordinary hunting dog. Deep in the Florida Everglades in the dead of ...

As the Florida Python Challenge is underway, a dog known for hunting the invasive species and iguanas was killed during a trip, the owner said. The dog's owner, Mike Kimmel, is known as "The Python ...

A dog famous for going nose to nose with Florida’s invasive pythons and iguanas has died in a hunting accident, according to his owner Mike Kimmel, a professional tracker known as The Python Cowboy on ...

OXFORD, Fla. -- A 12-foot pet Burmese python broke out of an aquarium and strangled a 2-year-old girl in her bedroom Wednesday at a central Florida home, authorities said. Shaunnia Hare was already ...

"We spent so much time together, I feel like we started to act and even look like each other," Kimmel says of his prized dog, Otto. Otto was more than a good dog. The German wirehaired pointer made a ...

Otto, a German Wirehaired Pointer, was a key part of Mike Kimmel’s Python Cowboy guided hunts in Florida over the past five years, and often the star of dramatic hunting videos shared on YouTube, ...