A pet Burmese python broke out of a glass cage last week and strangled to death a 2-year-old girl in her Florida bedroom. The tragedy was the latest and most graphic example of a problem that has ...

“ Python attacks nationwide Here are some news stories I found that mention pet pythons killing or attacking humans: Nevada, January 2009: “ Police Arrest Parents after Snake Nearly Kills ...

An administrator survived death by a whisker after she encountered a python during a crackdown on illicit brews. Sagasa Sub-Location Assistant Chief Vigilance Kiongo said she was leading raids on ...

Pythons often eat primates, including monkeys, sometimes orangutans and, seldom, people. Pythons bite first and would attack a human in two ways: 1. A startled snake could bite as a form of ...

"The snake probably was a pet that got too large to keep and too expensive to feed," Sheriff Lee Foster told Newsweek.

Local media are increasingly reporting cases of aggressive snakes appearing near human homes, which do not belong to species typical of Puerto Rico. Pythons have invaded the Florida Everglades and ...

A woman was found dead after being attacked by a python in central Indonesia, police and local officials said Friday, the third such death in the province since June. Maga, a 74-year-old woman who ...

In all the man-versus-python stories, the snake is almost always the coldblooded antagonist.Reticulated pythons like the ones involved in two attacks in Indonesia this year are among the world's ...

An administrator survived death by a whisker after she encountered a python during a crackdown on illicit brews.

Burmese Python dead after attempting to eat an alligator in Florida in 2005. The Burmese python is an invasive species in the Everglades where it causes widespread problems, including feasting on ...