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 family in Cleveland, Australia, called in a professional snake catcher to remove the reptile Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has ...

A video of the Reticulated Python climbing a tree has gone viral. This footage highlights the snake's impressive strength and ...

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A snake mom posted an absolutely mesmerizing video featuring her Piebald Python acting as her GRWM makeup assistant. Not only is this Python gorgeously stunning, but he actually seems to love hanging ...

A ball python, also called the royal python, is a less troublesome cousin to the Burmese, and has been eating its way through the Everglades for decades. Ball pythons are native to west sub Saharan ...

The lengthy coastal carpet python was found hiding behind a coffee table at home in Queensland, Australia. Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her ...

This pet is hiss-tory. A 13-foot Burmese python snake was relocated to a New York zoo after its owner admitted she was getting too big for him to care for. The three-and-a-half-year-old snake named ...

Burmese pythons, a non-native snake, has proliferated across more than a thousand square miles of South Florida.

The Florida Python Challenge is an annual competition to remove invasive Burmese pythons from South Florida. The event aims to raise public awareness about the threat invasive species pose to the ...

Dates for the 2025 Florida Python Challenge, a 10-day event aimed at removing invasive Burmese pythons, have been announced ...