FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — It was about 2 in the morning when Claudilio Cruz, a member of a road crew spreading asphalt on U.S. 1 in the affluent Miami suburb of Pinecrest, heard frantic honking. When he ...

Carl Jackson caught this year's heaviest Burmese python in Florida. Could the next catch happen in Palm Beach County?

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For all the critters in its midst, Palm Beach County is not a haven for Burmese pythons so far. Since January, Florida Fish and ...

Snakes are scary slitherers that not only have a frightening reputation but have also been revered as mythological creatures ...

A man was showing off a Burmese python to a crowd that included small children at Coney Island when an environmental police officer spotted it.

Sergeant Carlos Atola, left, and a sheriff’s deputy captured a 14-foot Burmese python recently near U.S. 1, a six-lane road in a densely populated suburb of Miami-Dade. Courtesy Pinecrest Police ...