OCHOPEE, Fla. (WFLA) — A 198-pound “monster” Burmese python was captured in Florida over the weekend, making it one of the heaviest ever recorded in the state. In a social media post, python hunter ...

The recent capture of a 17-foot, 198-pound python in Florida generated national headlines, mostly because it was the second-heaviest python ever caught in the Sunshine State. The main image showed ...

The snake was found by five hunters at the Big Cypress National Preserve on Friday Escher Walcott is a Writer/Reporter at PEOPLE, covering stories in Entertainment, Style, Human Interest.She joins ...

Conservationist Mike Elfenbein was at Big Cypress National Preserve in Florida with his teen son hunting for pythons when they both spotted the largest snake they had ever seen slithering across the ...

It took five men to wrangle a Burmese python in South Florida on Friday And, no wonder -- the snake measured more than 17 feet long and weighed 198 pounds -- the second largest in state history.

Residents in Prosperity, South Carolina, are sleeping peacefully now that a monstrous python on the loose has been captured. And what heroes can they thank for turning their nightmares to sweet dreams ...