A giant python nicknamed The Baroness has shattered snake records in Indonesia. How big is the world’s longest wild snake—and why does her survival matter now?

The 2024 Florida Python Challenge began at 12:01 am Friday, Aug. 9 and ended at 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 18. In total, 857 participants competed in the 2024 snake hunt challenge from 33 states and Canada.

A dramatic video shows how python hunter Carl Jackson wrestled with a 200-pound snake that he estimates dragged him 10-15 feet.

Note to readers: The News-Press and Naples Daily News recently caught up with Amy Siewe, famously known as the Python Huntress. Siewe gave a lecture at J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge on ...

More than 900 people participated in the 2025 Python Challenge, a 10-day hunt in the steamy South Florida heat that this year made history on two fronts, with the first woman to win the grand prize ...

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