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 ...

A record-breaking find has come slithering out of Naples, Florida. A team of researchers at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida captured a 215-pound, 17.7-foot Burmese python at the beginning of the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Snake hunters out on a mission in the Florida Everglades came across a visitor larger than your average garden snake. The hobbyists posted images of the giant to Instagram last week after going on ...

COLLIER COUNTY (CBSMiami) -- That's a heck of a meal! The Conservancy of Southwest Florida documented a Burmese python eating a white-tailed deer that weighed more than the python itself. According to ...

Get ready to watch hissssssssssstory being made. The South Florida Water Management District's Python Elimination Program removed the 1000th Burmese python this past weekend, and at 11 a.m. Tuesday, ...

How do you get an emperor scorpion to hop up onto a scale to check its weight? Or get a yawning Asiatic lioness to stand still for a minute so you can take her measurements? At the ZSL London Zoo, ...

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 ...