"Clearly, it's a survivor and I have a new pet." ...

Residents and garden staff told 311 they had seen someone leave the snake in a cage beside the garden beds.

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 ...

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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Residents in Somerville, Mass., are being asked to be on the lookout for a ball python on the loose. File Photo by Saint Louis Zoo ...

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 ...

One Florida neighborhood had some quick flashes of color slithering by their homes recently. Residents of a St. Augustine community caught 22 ball pythons roaming around their Prairie Lakes homes last ...