Woman wakes up with 8-foot python coiled on her chest while sleeping: 'Don't move'

A Brisbane woman calmly removed an 8-foot carpet python from her bedroom after waking to find the non-venomous snake on top ...
Delaware County Daily Times

Python swallows 77-pound deer, stunning researchers with the size of its mouth

When python researchers Ian Bartoszek and Ian Easterling tracked a male “scout snake” with a radio transmitter, they expected him to lead them to a big female Burmese python. What they found was much ...

Snakes in the US With Surprisingly Sweet Temperaments

Snakes may not be known for wagging tails or greeting their owners at the door, but some species are thought to be ...
abc13

Snake trappers catch 15-foot python

EVERGLADES, Florida (KTRK) -- Two South Florida men have quite a story to tell after what they encountered in the Everglades. Two snake trappers got their hands on a 15-foot python on Saturday after ...
Sun Sentinel

An epic python battle? A big gator ends up with an even bigger snake in its mouth

Editor’s note: Bill Kearney of the South Florida Sun Sentinel recently headed out to the Everglades, when the unexpected happened. It was the seventh alligator we’d seen on the two-mile bike ride ...
Palm Beach Post

Open wide: Florida’s invasive Burmese pythons can eat bigger prey than previously reported

The Burmese python is already considered a destructive force in the South Florida ecosystem. A new collaborative study that the Conservancy of Southwest Florida in Naples was part of has revealed ...
Sun Sentinel

Large python swallows 77-pound deer, stunning researchers with the size of its mouth

When python researchers Ian Bartoszek and Ian Easterling tracked a male “scout snake” with a radio transmitter, they expected him to lead them to a big female Burmese python. What they found was much ...