Its presence on the roadside points to two likely possibilities: It either escaped or was abandoned.

Officers safely captured the healthy ball python after it was found hiding under a bench and startling visitors at Tybrisa.

"My worst fear, they would be stuck in a dumpster, stuck in the bag and die." ...

Word is spreading quickly that Tybee Island is the place to cool off this summer. As of Wednesday, a member of the reptile community got the memo, too.

A ball python, also called the royal python, is a less troublesome cousin to the Burmese, and has been eating its way through the Everglades for decades. Ball pythons are native to west sub Saharan ...

Pythons are non-native to Florida and non-venomous snakes. Burmese pythons are one of the largest snakes in the world. The ball python found in Vero Beach was "friendly" and docile when rescued. A ...

These snakes can go for months without eating, grow and shrink the size of their hearts and jump start their metabolism on a ...

Most people are aware of snakes only because of their characteristic slithering motion from side to side. Not all snakes ...

The Burmese python is one of the largest snakes in the world. Adult snakes caught in Florida are between 6 and 9 feet on average, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.