Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A ball python was recovered from a home in Vero Beach on April 29 after being reported to Indian River County Animal Control. The ...

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.

As the 5-foot-long ball python coiled itself around my neck, its muscles rippling as it tightened its grip on my jugular, I considered whether I had made a grave mistake diving into the experience of ...

COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. — Five hundred pounds of invasive Burmese pythons. That's what wildlife experts in southwest Florida said they recently captured after discovering a large ball of mating snakes — ...