A pet Burmese python measuring more than 8ft broke out of its cage and strangled a two-year-old girl in her bedroom in central Florida, authorities said. Shaiunna Hare was already dead when paramedics ...

The 2-year-old Florida girl killed recently by an 8-foot pet Burmese python underscores the threat posed when wild animals are kept as pets. It follows incidents earlier this year in Nevada, where a 3 ...

What is a ball python snake? And why isn't this 'nice cousin' to the Burmese hunted in Florida? We explain the details.

HONG KONG — A woman used a pocket knife to fight off a huge Burmese python which attacked her dog while out walking in a Hong Kong country park, a report said Sunday. Courtney Link told the Sunday ...

Burmese pythons pose a huge threat to native species in the Florida Everglades. Officials have used creative methods to ...