A video of the giant snake's necropsy, shared on Instagram by scientist Rosie Moore, has garnered nearly 400,000 views Anna Lazarus Caplan is a writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

Snakes of all varieties are found in communities worldwide. However, when an 18-foot python is on the loose, it can put those who live in communities where the huge snakes are not part of the local ...

(CNN) — Things that are about 18 feet long (sure it’s random, just go with it). There’s the Ford F-150 pickup truck. There’s the 18-foot skiff, a kind of zippy racing boat. Then there’s the disturbing ...

A Florida man now holds the record for capturing the largest Burmese python in the state after he ensnared a massive 18-footer over the weekend. John Hammond captured the serpent in the Florida ...

A near record-breaking Burmese Python measuring more than 18-feet long (5.5 meters) is shown in this January 4, 2014 handout photo provided by South Florida Water Management District, January 5, 2014 ...

FLORIDA, USA — The Burmese python is one of the largest snakes in the world, averaging between 6 and 9 feet long, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Now imagine a ...

The family of a man who escaped the grip of an 18-foot python when a quick-thinking police officer shot the snake in the head say the horrifying ordeal began when the man’s snake suddenly turned on ...

Jason Leon (L), caught the 18-foot, 8-inch Burmese python in southeast Miami-Dade County; University of Florida scientists lie down next to the record snake. REUTERS ORLANDO, Fla., — An 18-foot, ...

FRIDAY, August 26, 2016 is a date that will linger in the memories of Mr. Samuel Onwuegbuchelam Igbokwe and members of his family. It was the night an 18-ft python invaded their premises at No 21, ...

If she’d wanted to, Juliet could have probably eaten the dog that was barking at her on Thursday. But the 8-year-old is a friend, not a fighter. Instead, she climbed up onto the garage roof for safety ...