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.

A beloved ball python named Darwin has gone missing from the Ocean Beach library, where he was part of a special program encouraging children to read.

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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 ...

An injured ball python and a domestic rat are recovering after they were found abandoned at the Sooke Potholes on Monday.

Sable the rat and Ivory the ball python were taken to the shelter in Saanich after a Sooke Potholes Regional Park visitor found a ball python, wrapped in a pillowcase, and a roof rat in a small box ...

Police responded to an unusual 911 call after a North Carolina resident found a ball python that had "hitched a ride" in the grille of their vehicle. Kannapolis Fire and Police said in a Facebook post ...

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 ...