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.

A family in Cleveland, Australia, called in a professional snake catcher to remove the reptile Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has ...

“It’s important to remember that non-native species, such as ball pythons, should never be released into the wild,” the ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Schanee Anderson with the Sedgwick County Zoo brought in a ball python to KSN’s Wild Side on Tuesday afternoon. “You can really see now how they get that name, ball, they will ...

A Florida resident received an unexpected shock on Wednesday when they discovered a ball python coiled around the engine of their vehicle. The unusual discovery quickly led to a call for assistance.

Honolulu police over the weekend found an unattended death at a Waipahu home — and a live snake. HPD officers on Saturday morning conducted a wellness check, and found a 32-year-old man unresponsive ...

In just over a week, hundreds of python hunters will descend on the Everglades ecosystem in Southern Florida for the state’s annual Python Challenge. Last year 857 participants helped remove 195 ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WKRC) - One woman was shocked when she discovered her bathroom flooded and a large python in the room. A woman received an unexpected surprise Tuesday morning when she discovered a ...

A man in Australia recently found a python waiting in his toilet twice in one week. On Oct. 22, Hervey Bay Snake Catchers in Queensland received a call to extract a coastal carpet python from a toilet ...

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 ...