In a WBIR Channel 10 report, Shea Smith says Jesse Hodge had been driving around for a couple of days when he noticed a ...

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 ...

Unusual car odor leads man to a startling find in Knoxville: a large python coiled in his SUV's engine. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — ...

Snakes on planes aren’t just a horror found in Hollywood movies. A tiny exotic snake grounded a Qantas Boeing 747 airliner on Sunday. Staff found the 20-centimeter (8-inch) Mandarin Rat Snake in the ...

A word of warning: If you’re afraid of snakes or blood-sucking insects, then this video showing a giant python being eaten alive by hundreds of ticks will almost assuredly give you the creeps. It’s ...

Snakes aren't the only invaders threatening ecosystems. In many neighborhoods, invasive plants can be an equal menace.

Editor’s note: Bill Kearney, who covers the environment for the South Florida Sun Sentinel, headed out to the Everglades, where he experienced a python hunt … of the canine kind. I’m on my hands and ...

Amy Siewe was a successful real estate agent — but her life changed after she captured her first python in Florida’s Everglades. “I just had this fascination ...

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 ...

The Florida Python Challenge may have just ended, but one hunter already has her sights set on next year. "I set a goal to catch over 1,000 pythons, and I am very close to that right now," Donna Kalil ...

When someone says “giant snake,” your brain probably jumps straight to a movie scene — you know, a huge slithery beast lurking in the jungle, ready to snatch a person like it’s grabbing a snack.