A pet boa constrictor named Pablo made a break for it Palm Beach County when his owner's wife went into labor.

Brian Bethune writes about ideas, books and the book trade, and religion, but what really interests him is why people believe what they believe.

Invasive pythons have established themselves as dominant predators in ecosystems that did not evolve alongside large constrictor snakes. Their biology favors slow energy use, extreme feeding capacity, ...

The most obvious thing about this glossy coffee-table tome - which threatens to be the last book the Pythons will write together - is its sheer beauty. Every one of the 350 or so sumptuously designed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you capture a Burmese python for the record books, you find creative ways to measure it or show the perspective of just how ...

On a recent afternoon, Carl Jackson and his family were hunting for pythons on a dirt road about 30 miles east of Naples in Big Cypress National Preserve. Jackson said he turned his truck around to ...

A professional snake hunter had his hands full earlier this month, as he grappled with the second-heaviest Burmese python ever caught in Florida. Carl Jackson, 43, was dragged 10 to 15 feet over red ...

Florida’s warm climate created perfect conditions for the Burmese python to thrive. Originally native to Southeast Asia, the snake adapted quickly to wetlands and swamps. Its diet includes birds, ...

Video shows capture of Burmese python in Miami-Dade neighborhood A Burmese python that had caused concern among residents in a Miami-Dade neighborhood was captured Wednesday. MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — ...

SOUTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) - A resident who was out for a walk in Southwest Miami-Dade spotted a python and called workers to capture it and remove it. The resident found the python near 133rd ...

Another year, another stack of great books to read. Jeffrey Brown talked with Maureen Corrigan, book critic for NPR’s Fresh Air, and author Ann Patchett about their top picks this year. The Loneliness ...