The Everglades, overrun with huge reptiles, is about to host its first-ever open season on snakes. Catharine Skipp nabs her first python—and gets out alive. Plus, read about the preparations for the ...

LAKELAND, Fla. — With their teeth, their tails, and their daunting reputation — you wouldn’t think an alligator would need saving. But, one Florida man says alligators and other large wildlife are in ...

A giant 198-pound python was caught in Florida, making it the second-largest snake ever to be captured in the state. It took five men to wrangle the 17-foot female Burmese python from a swamp in the ...

Vice President of Growth & Engagement at CBS News and Stations Jennifer Earl is the Vice President of Growth & Engagement at CBS News and Stations. Jennifer has previously written for outlets ...

Two teams of python hunters in Florida spotted a large Burmese python at the same time stretched out almost the width of the road, and it took all five hunters to work together to capture the behemoth ...

Gauta (left) and Waleri (right) with their record-breaking female python. Jake Waleri and Stephen Gauta were out snake hunting about 1 a.m. on July 10 in South Florida’s Big Cypress National Preserve ...

For Beth Koehler and Peggy Van Gorder, this is how it works: Three days a week they run Hair of the Dog, their dog grooming salon in St. Petersburg, Florida. Then they close up shop, pick up their ...