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 Des Moines resident reported seeing a large python slithering around her neighborhood last month. So far, searches for the reptile have not been successful.

After authorities found the body of a missing woman inside the belly of an enormous python, an expert explains to PEOPLE how an encounter with the constricting snake could turn deadly — and whether ...

A 14-foot reticulated python was discovered on Feb. 14 on the side of a road in eastern Long Island, the New York Department of Environmental Conservation said in a news release. Details of the find ...

The python's head was as big as a garden spade, lunging at hunter once, twice, before sinking its recurved teeth into his arm.