Using a cooking mitten for protection, the parent carefully captured the snake and placed it inside a backpack while waiting ...

A ball python with a bunch of eggs, shared in a simple reptile moment.

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.

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.

The parent says he came face-to-face with a ball snake early Wednesday morning. He says he knew he needed to take action to protect his children.

It’s one for the hiss-tory books! Three enormous ball pythons were spotted slithering through Queen’s Forest Park Thursday, including one that was nabbed — and named Kevin by rescuers — and two more ...

Someone’s pet snake made it into an apartment in East Hartford, animal control said.

A Columbia woman experienced a rude awakening on the early morning of Nov. 5 after turning on the bathroom light in her apartment. She let out a scream when she discovered a ball python behind the ...

Police in Ohio said a report of "unwanted slithering" in a Westlake neighborhood resulted in the detention of a ball python.

The Florida Python Challenge is a 10-day competition to remove invasive Burmese pythons. The competition raises awareness of the threat these snakes pose to the Everglades ecosystem. Burmese pythons ...

The captured snake, named Kevin, has already found a rescue placement Puppy Kitty NYCity Beware: snakes on the loose! Three ball pythons were spotted in Forest Park, a N.Y.C. park located in Queens, ...