The snake appeared to be headed onto the busy street when it was found, an animal control officer said.

"My worst fear, they would be stuck in a dumpster, stuck in the bag and die." ...

A search was launched for the 4.5ft ball python and a "slightly grumpy" 7ft boa constrictor.

Joseph Barrios, who uses ball pythons as teaching tools for beachgoers, says a thief took a duffel bag containing four of his ...

Joseph Barrios was reunited with Bumblebee the ball python nearly two weeks after a thief stole a bag of his snakes near the Oceanside Pier.

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

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

Snakes have a reputation for being quick to strike, but several species rarely live up to that image. Breeders who work with these animals select for calm temperaments, and many of the snakes kept as ...

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

Biologists at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida removed 8,080 pounds of invasive Burmese pythons from the outskirts of Naples in just six months. The haul — 177 snakes in total — beats their ...