SOUTHBURY - A ball python found outside a Southbury movie theater Wednesday was in danger of being squashed in the road, an official said. Animal Control Officer Kristin Cedor sai ...

Nearly two weeks after four snakes were stolen near the Oceanside Pier, California rescuer Joseph Barrios has gotten one of them back. The recovery happened after three boys found Bumblebee, one of ...

Preserving what's left of a python after its caught and killed requires a great deal of time, skill and patience.

The annual amateur Florida Python Challenge gets hoopla and cash, but scientists harvest the real goods: tons of snakes and ...

Two Sanford police officers responded to an unusual call on June 22 after a large ball python was discovered inside an ...

In an unexpected twist for officers Sozio and Moore of Sanford, a routine call about a snake in a bathroom led to a ...

A team of Burmese python hunters caught a record breaking 8,000 pounds in snake this season. Meet the man leading the crusade.

The homeowner called Snake Catcher Dan to remove the coastal carpet python from her bathroom, where the snake ended up after spending the night in the home Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE.

New research suggests python blood could hold the key to a new weight-loss drug, as the snake metabolite suppresses appetites in mice. It is the appetite-suppressing compound in python blood that ...

A snake breeding aggregation spotted at Lake No. 1 in North Little Rock. Credit: Laura H. Weems Last week, as I was tooling around Lake No. 1 in North Little Rock, I caught my local diamondback water ...

A cottonmouth in grass and leaves outside the Tree Hill Nature Center in Jacksonville, Florida in March 2021. Burmese pythons – destructive invasive snakes with few natural predators in Florida – are ...

Burmese pythons are an invasive species in Florida, originally introduced through the pet trade. While not venomous, a bite from a Burmese python can be painful and cause significant bleeding. Florida ...