JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesian villagers claim to have captured a python that is almost 49 feet long and weighs nearly 990 pounds, a local official said. If confirmed, it would be the largest snake ...

Polk County firefighters rescued a 17-foot python and nine other exotic reptiles from a burning home Wednesday.Firefighters from three stations were sent to 6303 Tierra Vista Circle in Lakeland ...

Bartow, Florida -- Rescuing family pets from a burning home is all part of the job for Polk County Fire Rescue personnel, but the rescue of 10 exotic reptiles including a 17-foot python made the ...

These constrictors belong to the family Pythonidae. A few species in this family include the ball python, Burmese python, and reticulated python; the latter is the longest snake alive. What sets these ...

Polk County Fire & Rescue firefighters rescued 10 exotic reptiles - including a 17-foot python - from a burning Lakeland house on Wednesday. Fire broke out at the rear of the house, located in the ...

In this 2003 file photo, a 14.85 meter-long (49 feet) reticulated python curls in a box in Curugsewu, Central Java, Indonesia. An Indonesian woman was cut from the belly of a 25-foot python Friday in ...