A closer look at ball python morphs that carry hidden and surprising genetics.

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

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

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 ...

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

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

A contracted hunter working deep in Florida’s swamps has helped capture one of the largest Burmese pythons ever recorded in ...

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

The invasive snakes are excellent swimmers and can hold their breath for up to 30 minutes. Pythons may increasingly be found in residential backyards and urban areas adjacent to these waterways.

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There was some big snake news in 2025. Taylor Stanberry, a Naples native, was the 2025 Florida Python Challenge winner and the first woman to ever win the competition. She captured 60 of the invasive ...

The native just-in-time compiler in Python 3.15 can speed up code by as much as 20% or more, although it’s still experimental. JITing, or “just-in-time” compilation, can make relatively slow ...