In Florida, hunters have successfully caught and removed hundreds of pythons as part of official conservation efforts.

When python researchers Ian Bartoszek and Ian Easterling tracked a male “scout snake” with a radio transmitter, they expected him to lead them to a big female Burmese python. What they found was much ...

Carl Jackson caught a nearly 17-ft long Burmese python weighing over 200lbs as part of an effort to rid Florida of the invasive snake.

Sunshine Coast Snake Catchers posted a video of the surprising snake relocation job on Facebook Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, covering pets, ...

IOWA’S NEWS LEADER. THANK YOU BO. IT IS THE CASE OF THE BIG SNAKE SPOTTED IN DES MOINES. A PERSON WHO LIVES IN DES MOINES, WATERBURY NEIGHBORHOOD SAYS A BIG PYTHON HUNG FROM TREE BRANCHES LAST MONTH.

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 ...

A 15-foot Burmese python was caught swallowing a “full-sized” deer in Southwest Florida, proving the invasive apex predators are ambushing and eating bigger prey. The python was 115 pounds and the ...

There was some big snake news in 2025. Taylor Stanberry, a Naples native, was the 2025 Florida Python Challenge winner and the first woman to ever win the competition. She captured 60 of the invasive ...

When python researchers Ian Bartoszek and Ian Easterling tracked a male “scout snake” with a radio transmitter, they expected him to lead them to a big female Burmese python. What they found was much ...