Massive invasive pythons kill deer, bobcats, otters, racoons, possums, rats, even alligators — pretty much anything that unwittingly ambles within striking distance. The problem is so severe that in ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — Four baby pythons escaped from a container aboard a passenger plane in Australia, leading to a search that forced the cancellation of two flights, the airline said Thursday.

For the last four decades, invasive Burmese python snakes have terrorized mammals and the greater ecosystem of the Everglades National Park and throughout South Florida. Now, a recent study shows what ...

ANDOVER, Kan. (KSNW) — Andover firefighters have rescued a 4-foot ball python. The team from Engine 1 of the department responded Wednesday to a report of a trapped snake. The reptile had become stuck ...

Quick Take Reticulated pythons are the longest snakes in the world, capable of reaching 20 feet or more and weighing well ...

On an island in the middle of the Florida Everglades, Taylor Stanberry - mostly nocturnal in the summer catching Burmese pythons - uncovered a wriggling nest of 30 baby pythons. The discovery helped ...

SHALLOTTE, N.C. (WECT) - One day after a large snake was found slithering around in the parking lot of a restaurant in Shallotte, a ball python, has been reunited with her owner. “That beautiful snake ...

Editor’s note: Bill Kearney of the South Florida Sun Sentinel recently headed out to the Everglades, when the unexpected happened. It was the seventh alligator we’d seen on the two-mile bike ride ...

Florida is letting you join the state’s python battle, soon offering an online program that’ll tell you all about the invasive snakes. The free hourlong session, known as “Python Patrol,” will be ...

Taylor Stanberry of Naples took home first place in the 2025 Florida Python Challenge. She catches invasive Burmese pythons year-round as a contractor with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ...