A word of warning: If you’re afraid of snakes or blood-sucking insects, then this video showing a giant python being eaten alive by hundreds of ticks will almost assuredly give you the creeps. It’s ...

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

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 ...

You can't have a picnic at the beach and then be upset when seagulls show up. And when you advertise a free-for-all python hunting contest offering cash to anyone willing to run through swamps in the ...

HOLEY LAND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA, Fla. — It’s after midnight when the windshield fogs up on Thomas Aycock’s F-250 pickup truck. He flashes a low smile as he slowly maneuvers through the sawgrass, ...

Miami — On their Florida vacations, Rob Wessels and his family have pursued an array of typical outings — deep-sea fishing, a stroll at the farmers market, tanning at the pool and beach. On the most ...

SANDERSON — About an hour before sunset Friday, under overcast West Texas skies, the snake hunters began heading out on U.S. 90, most hoping for a nocturnal encounter with the shy and beautiful ...

NEAR EVERGLADES NAT'L PARK, Fla. — A wife-husband snake hunting team celebrated their love by bagging a massive snake on the week of Valentine’s Day. Jayna and Todd Corns say they were snake hunting ...