Cute, furry pets like dogs and cats are often the go-to, but some people are drawn to more unconventional, scaly companions.

Charlize Theron sparked reactions after panicking when she touched a snake during a Netflix mystery box challenge while promoting APEX with co-star Taron Egerton.

Burmese pythons are top predators in the Florida Everglades, and wildlife researchers have found a way to help control the invasive species by using opossums. Researchers have fitted opossums and ...

Burmese pythons are an invasive species in Florida, originally introduced through the pet trade. While not venomous, a bite from a Burmese python can be painful and cause significant bleeding. Florida ...

Florida's invasive Burmese python may have met its match with the opossum. USA TODAY Florida scientists have found an unlikely weapon in their fight against invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades: ...

BURMESE PYTHONS ARE ONE OF THE STATE’S MOST FEARSOME INVASIVE SPECIES, AND WHILE THEY MAINTAINED A PRESENCE IN THE EVERGLADES FOR MORE THAN 25 YEARS, A NEW STUDY REVEALS THEY’RE TRAVELING NORTH. JJ ...

New research shows Burmese pythons are more adaptable to cold than previously thought, using burrows to survive freezes. Ecologists warn that while python sightings in Brevard County are few, there ...

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LaMelo Ball avoids suspension after Bam Adebayo incident, fined $60K, remains available as Charlotte Hornets face Orlando Magic in crucial Eastern Conference playoff race. Who will be the ...

Perhaps no one in the NBA knows the mind of a player about to commit a reckless—and potentially dirty—foul as well as Warriors’ notorious instigator Draymond Green. After LaMelo Ball was seen ...

LaMelo Ball said he was relieved to hear Bam Adebayo walked away without a serious injury. That did little to quiet the noise around what happened. Early in the second quarter of the Charlotte Hornets ...

A python hunter captured the second heaviest Burmese python on record in Florida, weighing 202 pounds. The captured female python measured 16 feet, 10 inches long and was found in the Big Cypress ...