FORT MYERS, Fla. (WSVN) — A Florida teenager’s first time participating in the Florida Python Challenge has secured his place in python-catching history after he helped reel in one of the largest ...

Catching a giant python isn’t just a challenge, it’s a mission to protect Florida’s wildlife. This story follows the journey ...

Monsters slither throughout the crooked mangroves and serrated sawgrass of Florida’s Everglades, 20 feet long and up to 200 pounds of sinewy muscle built by devouring everything in their path. In a ...

The famous quote from the movie Jaws is "You're gonna need a bigger boat." This line is spoken by Chief Martin Brody (played by Roy Scheider) to Quint (played by Robert Shaw) during the film. The line ...

Steve Maugeri joined the CBS News Miami team in April 2024. Steve has always loved the beach and is excited to live this close to the ocean within a major city as well! EVERGLADES - Those ...

EVERGLADES CITY, Fla. — A new record has been set in Florida after a man found a python with a total of 111 eggs in the Everglades. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission explained in a ...

Tracking a single male python through protected wetlands led biologists to one of the largest breeding females captured this year.

Invasive Burmese pythons are proliferating in the Everglades, but Python Cowboy and his dog Otto are protecting native wildlife and helping rid the species from Florida. Mike Kimmel, also known as ...

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, ...

Three hunters captured a massive Burmese python in the Florida Everglades on May 31, 2025. The longest Burmese python ever recorded was 19 feet long, caught in 2023. The heaviest python caught weighed ...