Two non-indigenous reptiles were found loose in Brandon within as many days. As we navigate through unprecedented times, our journalists are working harder than ever to bring you the latest local ...

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 ...

A search warrant was executed at 1069 Notre-Dame St., off Maloney Boulevard East, at about 10:30 a.m. after a complaint about exotic animals. Police seized 16 pythons measuring from 30 inches to 3.7 ...

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.