The python's head was as big as a garden spade, lunging at hunter once, twice, before sinking its recurved teeth into his arm ...

A family in Cleveland, Australia, called in a professional snake catcher to remove the reptile Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has ...

Two Florida python hunters caught the longest Burmese python ever captured in Florida. The female measured 18.9 feet, beating the state’s previous record for length of 18.8 feet. Ryan Ausburn and ...

The 62-year-old female snake living at the Saint Louis Zoo laid eggs without having to mate with a male. Journalist Bonnie Burton writes about movies, TV shows, comics, science and robots. She is the ...

Invasive pythons wreak havoc on Florida ecosystems, and each year the state Fish and Wildlife officials hold a competition for amateur and professional hunters to see who can round up the most ...