"My worst fear, they would be stuck in a dumpster, stuck in the bag and die." ...

Joseph Barrios, who uses ball pythons as teaching tools for beachgoers, says a thief took a duffel bag containing four of his ...

Preserving what's left of a python after its caught and killed requires a great deal of time, skill and patience.

Joseph Barrios was reunited with Bumblebee the ball python nearly two weeks after a thief stole a bag of his snakes near the Oceanside Pier.

Exotic animals kept as pets can end up in stressful and risky situations when they escape or go missing. While ball pythons ...

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Biologists at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida removed 8,080 pounds of invasive Burmese pythons from the outskirts of Naples in just six months. The haul — 177 snakes in total — beats their ...

Burmese pythons, an invasive species, are a significant threat to the Florida Everglades ecosystem. A small community of hunters is working to control the python population and preserve the area's ...