BRADENTON — Florida Sen. Bill Nelson’s efforts to make it illegal to import and trade nine dangerous snakes, including Burmese pythons, isn’t sitting well with those in the reptile industry. Nelson ...

The South Florida Water Management District started its second year of the python elimination program. One hunter has stood ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A new regulation in Arkansas that prohibits anyone from breeding, selling or importing any of five large python species without a permit has received backlash from critics who ...

A python bit a Cincinnati-area reptile store owner and coiled itself around him Monday before officers removed it, police said. The 20-foot, 125-pound snake bit Captive Born Reptiles owner Terry ...

Wild predators must regularly hunt or forage to survive. While many animals graze or scavenge, large constrictor snakes rely on overpowering and swallowing prey whole. But even experienced predators ...

FORT MYERS, Fla. — As quick as a mongoose, 90-pound, 5-foot-2-inch Lindsay McAfee pounced on the 7-foot Burmese python, pinned its head to the ground with an aluminum snake hook and stowed it in a ...

A 20-foot python was discovered perched on top of a dumpster in a parking garage at the Piero Apartments in downtown Los Angeles, creating quite a stir among residents. When animal control and LAPD ...

After being captivated by professional wrestling last weekend, the residents of Woodland Skilled Nursing, located at 678 Third St., enjoyed a calmer but no less exciting event when they hosted Python ...