Veterinary technician Sara Drumstra displays a ball python found outside a Delta Sonic at 3100 Niagara Falls Boulevard in Amherst, now safe at SPCA in West Seneca, August 21, 2023. This python was ...

A fun and educational reptile zoo experience! A class shares in on a ball python egg reveal for a birthday surprise, and feeds one to a monitor!

The number of Python Challenge participants has fluctuated through the years including a high of nearly 1,600 in 2013. Meet the 2025 winner, Taylor Stanberry.

A total of 294 Burmese pythons were eliminated during the 2025 Florida Python Challenge – the most of any python challenge since the event started in 2013. But only one snake by a hunter was ...

Scientists have discovered a new type of cell that helps Burmese pythons digest the entire skeletons of their prey.

A Florida man bagged 87 invasive Burmese pythons in a month and earned a $1,000 reward through the state incentive system. Aaron Mann won the monthly prize money as part of the South Florida Water ...

Florida woman breaks python challenge record by capturing 60 snakes, helping remove 294 invasive Burmese pythons from Everglades in 2025 competition.

Healthy Paws, a Chubb company and a leading provider of accident and illness pet insurance coverage for dogs and cats, has partnered with PetSmart, the leading omni-channel pet retailer in North ...

A family of animal lovers teamed up with another local resident in South Carolina to wrangle a 12-foot yellow python that had been on the loose for weeks.

A Florida man with near-unmatched gumption for slaying scaly creatures was awarded $1,000 through a new state incentive system for capturing a staggering 87 invasive pythons in just one month.

Residents in Prosperity, S.C., are sleeping peacefully now that a monstrous python on the loose has been captured.