"This was definitely someone's pet animal, which makes a pretty tragic story," reptile handler Joseph Hart said.

Hawaii does not have native snake populations, so any report of a snake on the loose is cause for alarm. That certainly was the case Sunday after a Honolulu-area homeowner spotted a 3-1/2-foot ball ...

NEW YORK -- A 13-foot-long python was removed from someone's home in western New York. Officials say the Burmese python was in a home near Syracuse. When officials entered the house, they found the ...

An injured ball python and a domestic rat are recovering after they were found abandoned at the Sooke Potholes on Monday.