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 ball python found its way into the D.C. Fire and EMS Department's Bravest Training Academy in Washington and was safely apprehended by emergency personnel.

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Police in Dauphin County have a strange question, but one that needs to be asked: Is anyone in Lower Paxton Township missing a python? The Harrisburg-area police department said ...

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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 ...

WEST SENECA, N.Y. — A few weeks after multiple snakes were found at and around a Delta Sonic in Amherst, the Erie County SPCA has provided an update about them. The pastel clown ball python, which can ...

What is a ball python snake? And why isn't this 'nice cousin' to the Burmese hunted in Florida? We explain the details.