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 ...

The Burmese python is one of the largest snakes in the world. Adult snakes caught in Florida are between 6 and 9 feet on average, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

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 ...

Ball pythons are one of the most common snakes that reptile owners are attracted to. This is for good reason: ball pythons are one of the easiest snakes to own in terms of handling, care, diet, and ...

The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Officials is reminding residents to not release their pets into the wild after ...

This pet is hiss-tory. A 13-foot Burmese python snake was relocated to a New York zoo after its owner admitted she was getting too big for him to care for. The three-and-a-half-year-old snake named ...

A ball python, also called the royal python, is a less troublesome cousin to the Burmese, and has been eating its way through the Everglades for decades. Ball pythons are native to west sub Saharan ...