FLORIDA (WLS) -- A 19-foot Burmese python, the longest ever recorded, was caught by a group of friends in South Florida's Big Cypress National Preserve this week. But, it wasn't easy. The net didn't ...

Jake Waleri of Naples, right, and friends caught this 19-foot Burmese python in the Big Cypress National Preserve earlier this month, setting a world record for the longest snake of that species ever ...

A Florida duo known as the “Glades Boys” have captured the state’s longest-ever recorded Burmese python, measuring 19 feet long and weighing 125 pounds. The record catch of the invasive species was ...

“We had a feeling that these snakes get this big and now we have clear evidence,” Ian Easterling, a biologist with the conservancy, said in a statement. “Her genetic material may prove valuable for an ...

The python measures 19-foot-long. A 19-foot-long and 125 pounds (56.6 kg) heavy Burmese python, which is regarded as the longest ever, was recently caught by a 22-year-old boy in Florida, United ...

A 22-year-old captured the longest documented Burmese python caught in Florida. The creepy-crawling critter was snagged by Jake Waleri in the Big Cypress National Preserve near Naples Monday night.

Editor’s note: Bill Kearney of the South Florida Sun Sentinel recently headed out to the Everglades, where the state’s annual Python Challenge is underway. I pull up at dusk to a half-dozen kids ...

There are many types of hunts and hunting seasons in the United States, but Florida may have the most interesting hunt in the ...