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Calling the animal a "beautiful python," the shelter said the employee found the snake that afternoon. The worker called the humane shelter to arrange pickup, a spokesperson for the shelter told USA ...

Burmese pythons are too good at what they do — they’re nearly undetectable to both humans and their prey, they barely need to move and when they do they’re deadly. On top of that, they have lots of ...

A Florida duo known as the "Glades Boys" have captured the state's longest-ever recorded Burmese python, measuring 19 feet long and weighing 125 pounds. The record catch of the invasive species was ...

Burmese pythons continue to be an invasive species in Florida, but declining deer numbers in the state have concerned scientists given that the grazers form an important diet of local predators, ...

An 8-foot-long python was rescued from the Assam Bosti coconut grove area in Rangamati town on Tuesday and later released into Kaptai National Park. According to the South Chattogram Hill Forest ...