FLORIDA (WLS) -- A 19-foot Burmese python, the longest ever recorded, was caught by a group of friends in South Florida's Big Cypress National Preserve this week. But, it wasn't easy. The net didn't ...

This snake is making hiss-tory. A 22-year-old captured the longest documented Burmese python caught in Florida. The creepy-crawling critter was snagged by Jake Waleri in the Big Cypress National ...

The Conservancy of Southwest Florida announced a 22-year-old has made the largest capture ever in the state of Florida of a Burmese python. The Burmese python measures 19 feet long, three inches ...

Jake Waleri of Naples, right, and friends caught this 19-foot Burmese python in the Big Cypress National Preserve earlier this month, setting a world record for the longest snake of that species ever ...

A Florida duo known as the “Glades Boys” have captured the state’s longest-ever recorded Burmese python, measuring 19 feet long and weighing 125 pounds. The record catch of the invasive species was ...

Veteran python hunter Donna Kalil was optimistic this year she would take home the $10,000 grand prize in the 2024 Florida Python Challenge. Kalil, a contract hunter with the South Florida Water ...

Editor’s note: Bill Kearney of the South Florida Sun Sentinel recently headed out to the Everglades, where the state’s annual Python Challenge is underway. I pull up at dusk to a half-dozen kids ...