Experts believe the snakes may be dispersing from the Everglades as their population grows, using connected waterways as highways. While not considered an overwhelming threat to humans, pythons can ...

Taylor Stanberry became the first woman to win the Florida Python Challenge in 2025. She captured 60 invasive Burmese pythons during the 10-day competition. Stanberry, a Naples native, has over a ...

There was some big snake news in 2025. Taylor Stanberry, a Naples native, was the 2025 Florida Python Challenge winner and the first woman to ever win the competition. She captured 60 of the invasive ...

A 15-year-old first spotted the snake hanging out in the ceiling above a toilet in their home Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has ...

On June 3, 2025, in Borneo, Indonesia, dramatic footage showed a 20-foot python coiling around a tour guide's neck during a swamp capture. The snake catcher, identified as Heru, was pulled into the ...

Florida’s fight against the invasive Burmese python has hit a new high-water mark, thanks to a state-backed surge in removal efforts. Governor Ron DeSantis highlighted the record-setting success of ...

Apple Martin posed with a white python for Self-Portrait’s Resort 2026 campaign, shot by photographer Ryan McGinley at an upstate New York apple orchard. An apple and a snake tempt visitors to a lush ...

Survivor Season 49 aired a dramatic episode on October 8, 2025, when contestant Jake Latimer was medically evacuated after being bitten by a sea krait, a venomous snake native to the waters of Fiji.

A scarlet snake was documented on Sanibel Island for the first time in September. This sighting follows the first appearance of a scarlet kingsnake on the island since the 1970s. Both the scarlet ...

If you go to a show at The Secret Group and see a sign saying “No Snakes Allowed,” this is the story of why. On May 25, The Secret Group in EaDo was hosting its regular “Late Night Dirty Show,” an ...

It stopped in for a bite. Fast food workers got a large-scale surprise when they spotted a massive python slithering around an In-N-Out burger joint in California. The non-venomous snake made its ...