“On July 12, [Officer] Maynard observed a large snake near Riegelmann Boardwalk in Coney Island with a crowd of about a dozen ...

While patrolling Coney Island, an environmental police officer came across a man flexibly handling two snakes. The larger ...

A Burmese python was confiscated near the Coney Island boardwalk in July, New York state officials say.

Officer Donald Aubrey of the Houma Police Department has earned the nickname 'reptile wrangler' Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, covering pets, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 10-foot-long adult python that escaped its terrarium in White Lake has been returned to its owner after it was captured by ...

Sept. 6 (UPI) --Police in England responded to an unusual call when a 12-foot Burmese python was spotted slithering down a town street. The West Midlands Police said in an Instagram post that ...

PINECREST, Fla. — A Pinecrest police officer and a Miami-Dade Sheriff’s deputy had their hands full early Thursday morning with a 14-foot Burmese python. The police department called the catch a rare ...

AMHERST, N.Y. — The Amherst Police Department responded to an unusual call Monday evening. Patrol officers, along with their Animal Control Officer Griffin were called to pick up a Ball python that ...

A python was spotted in the parking lot of a Chili’s restaurant in North Carolina. Police officers captured the animal, and it was later reunited with its owner. The owner told a local news outlet ...

An urgent search is underway in the Lincolnshire countryside because police believe an 18-foot python may still be at large. The search follows the discovery of five huge reticulated pythons in rural ...