A Burmese python weighing 215 pounds has been caught and euthanized in Florida. The snake is the heaviest to ever be captured in the state. Burmese pythons are an invasive species that threaten native ...

The snake was found by five hunters at the Big Cypress National Preserve on Friday Escher Walcott is a Writer/Reporter at PEOPLE, covering stories in Entertainment, Style, Human Interest. She joins ...

In Florida, hunters have successfully caught and removed hundreds of pythons as part of official conservation efforts.

NAPLES, FL -- Florida researchers found a nearly 18-foot long, 215 pound python, the largest ever found outside its native habitat. Pythons are native to Southeast Asia. They're an invasive species in ...

An enormous python that was found far outside its usual range put up a fight when it was being rescued, biting the snake catcher on the hand. The python measuring 10.8 feet long and weighing 53 pounds ...

Long-term tracking shows a Burmese python is rewriting assumptions about breeding, giving new intel for Florida's battle ...

This is the moment residents and firefighters captured a massive python hiding in the roof of a warehouse in Indonesia. The enormous snake, weighing around 220 lbs (100kg), was removed from a gap in ...

The snake has been donated to Fort Rickey Discovery Zoo in Rome, N.Y. NYS Department of Environmental Conservation/Facebook A 13-foot snake was seized from a home in August and donated to a zoo after ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Elfenbein, 45, described the python as "a monster” to CBS News following the discovery. "It was more than a snake," he said. Three ...