A massive python slithered into a South African home, stunning locals. Watch the shocking encounter and see how social media users reacted to the unexpected visitor.

He codes in Python – and recently met a giant one in real life. Simeon Combrink recounts his viral snake encounter to Caxton ...

The 2024 Florida Python Challenge is now underway. The annual competition aims to rid the Everglades of the Burmese python, an invasive species that poses a threat to the ecosystem. The snake hunt ...

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 ...

The snake and its owner both missed their flights to Barbados. Airport security agents stopped a woman from boarding a plane with a python wrapped in a nylon stocking concealed in a computer hard ...

Burmese pythons, an invasive species in the Everglades, are being hunted and their skins used for luxury goods. Hunters like Zach Hoffman and Amy Siewe detail the process of skinning and preparing ...

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

In just over a week, hundreds of python hunters will descend on the Everglades ecosystem in Southern Florida for the state’s annual Python Challenge. Last year 857 participants helped remove 195 ...

The snakes have been officially counted and we have a winner for the 2024 Florida Python Challenge. On Tuesday (Sept. 17) the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission announced that this year ...