Typically, when people think of dangerous animal encounters, they imagine them happening in remote wild places. In reality, they can happen almost anywhere, including along roadsides and near ...

With some help from his family, python contractor Carl Jackson caught the second-heaviest Burmese python ever captured in the wild in Florida.

A Florida woman caught 60 snakes in the state's annual 10-day challenge to eliminate the invasive Burmese python species wreaking havoc with the Everglades ecosystem. More than 900 people participated ...

The South Florida Water Management District is in its second year of managing a Python Removal Program. Winners win cash prizes.

Coral Springs fire fighters performed an unusual rescue when a woman asked for the fire department’s help retrieving her pet ...

Scattered throughout the python hot spots among the cypress and sawgrass of South Florida is the state’s newest weapon in its arsenal to battle the invasive serpent —a mechanical lure meant to entice ...

Firefighters in Florida came to the rescue of a large, yellow pet python that slithered into the dashboard of a car and ...

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 ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WFLA) — Governor Ron DeSantis shared the spotlight Tuesday with an 11-foot Burmese python, making it clear the fight to protect the Everglades from invasive species only continues.