The Burmese python is one of the largest snakes in the world. Adult snakes caught in Florida are between 6 and 9 feet on average, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

OAK PARK, Ill. — Almost like a scene from the 2006 cult classic “Snakes on a Plane,” fire crews in the western suburbs were called in to help after a curious pet got loose on a Green Line train while ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — A Kaimuki man found a 3.5-foot-long ball python in his backyard on June 3, and officials with the Hawaiʻi Department of Agriculture (HDOA) safely captured it. After the snake was ...

July 15 (UPI) --Residents of a Massachusetts city are being asked to keep an eye out for a ball python that has been caught on camera slithering on the loose in the area. Somerville residents have ...

Three large pythons were spotted in Forest Park, Queens earlier this week. So far, only one of them has been caught. Animal rescuer Meagan Licari recovered the 4-foot ball python. "We named him Kevin.

A ball python, also called the royal python, is a less troublesome cousin to the Burmese, and has been eating its way through the Everglades for decades. Ball pythons are native to west sub Saharan ...