South Florida Water Management District is in its second year of managing a Python Removal Program. Winners win cash prizes.

In the Big Cypress National Preserve in South Florida, hunters from the area bagged a 19-foot Burmese python. It was one the biggest ones ever documented. Jake Waleri is a 22-year-old from Naples.

COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. — A Florida college student, along with two new buddies, snagged what might be the biggest Burmese python catch by amateur hunters in Florida history. Joshua Laquis connected with ...