Longest python caught in the 2025 Florida Python Challenge was recorded in the Novice category. Plus a look at some of the biggest snakes ever caught.

The lengthy coastal carpet python was found hiding behind a coffee table at home in Queensland, Australia. Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her ...

Donna Kalil is a contracted snake hunter who won the 2024 Florida Python Challenge for catching and removing 11 of the invasive reptiles. In just over a week, hundreds of python hunters will descend ...

A family in Cleveland, Australia, called in a professional snake catcher to remove the reptile Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has ...

A 19-foot long, 125-pound Burmese python was captured in Naples, Florida.According to WINK, the snake is the longest Burmese python ever measured in Florida. Jake Waleri's mom said she got a text in ...

South Florida Water Management District's 2025 Python Elimination Program is helping to address the invasive snake population.

Federal and state programs contract with members of the public to become paid python hunters and combat the invasive snakes ...

The South Florida Water Management District's 2025 Python Elimination Program is helping to address the invasive snake ...

SHALLOTTE, N.C. (WECT/Gray News) – A large ball python snake was spotted slithering around a Chili’s parking lot in southeastern North Carolina Tuesday. The Shallotte Police Department posted pictures ...