The Biggest Burmese Pythons Ever Captured in Florida—Including a New No. 1 In October of 1979, while on a first date, retired Florida park ranger Jam Massey found an 11-foot, 9-inch road-killed python ...

MIAMI (AP) — Wildlife officials say a Burmese python nearly 19 feet long has been captured in South Florida. It's a new record for the longest Burmese python caught in the wild in Florida. The ...

The South Florida Water Management District said hunters captured an 18-foot, 9-inch snake Oct. 2 along the L-28 Tieback Canal, about 35 miles west of Miami. This is the longest Burmese python ...

Up to his knees in canal water, Ryan Ausburn braced against a weedy bank, feet dug into mud and straining to hold onto the wet python that was slipping from his grip. His partner, Kevin Pavlidis, had ...

A total of 294 Burmese pythons were eliminated during the 2025 Florida Python Challenge – the most of any python challenge since the event started in 2013. But only one snake by a hunter was declared ...

Python hunters in South Florida made a record-breaking catch. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said their Python Action Team and South Florida Water Management District captured ...