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This 15-foot python is the first known snake to receive electrochemotherapy for cancer. Now, she's officially free of the disease

England’s Chester Zoo is home to a very special 15-foot reticulated python. She is the first known snake to receive electrochemotherapy to help treat her cancer. And thanks to that therapy, she is now ...

Meet Jodie Foster: The 15-foot Python from the UK became the first snake ever to receive this cancer treatment

Jodie Foster, a 15-foot reticulated python at Chester Zoo, has made veterinary history after receiving electrochemotherapy ...

Python receives pioneering cancer treatment usually used in humans

A 15-foot python has made an impressive recovery after becoming what is believed to be the first snake in the world to ...

Owner of 10-foot python found roaming in Market Common comes forward, doesn’t want it back

The owner of a 10-foot python found roaming the Market Common area earlier this week has come forward, but the massive snake ...

Python challenge grand prize winner snags 96 snakes along with $10,000

More than 900 contestants vying for the $10,000 grand prize scoured South Florida for 10 days during the 2026 Florida Python Challenge.

See it: Massive python puts snake catcher to the test in South Carolina

A difficult night unfolded for a snake catcher in South Carolina after he struggled to capture a huge python slithering along ...

Burmese python confiscated from owner near Coney Island boardwalk, officials say

A Burmese python was confiscated near the Coney Island boardwalk in July, New York state officials say.