Florida has spent decades trying to reduce python numbers through organized removal programs, public hunts, and contractor ...

Ahead of the Florida Python Challenge in July 2026, see what the bite of the snakes' powerful jaws looks like.

The annual Florida Python Challenge is set to begin. Starting at 12:01 a.m. ET July 10 and concluding at 5 p.m. July 19, ...

Eating its prey can be a process for a python, which is why it relies so heavily on its jaw to get the job done, including ...

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, covering pets, ...

Officer Donald Aubrey of the Houma Police Department has earned the nickname 'reptile wrangler' Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, covering pets, ...

The Florida Python Challenge is an annual competition to help control the invasive Burmese python population. Hunters must humanely kill captured pythons, and decapitation is not considered a humane ...

Viewers are reacting to a viral clip from Australia's Sunshine Coast that shows a huge python pulled from beneath a raised ...

"This is what some people’s nightmares are made of." ...