India, Nov. 11 -- A video showing children using a giant python snake as a playground slide has left social media users shocked and amazed. While most people would run away at the sight of such a ...

The footage shows three children interacting with the massive snake. One moment, they appear to be sitting on its long body, while in another, they slide down it as though using a playground slide.

Hundreds of people participated in the heralded 2026 Florida Python Challenge, a 10-day pursuit in sticky South Florida that pits hunters against the state's most notorious invasive species. This year ...

SXSW: Snake hunters from around the world descend upon the Everglades to cull the invasive Burmese python population in a contest that plays out like a Florida-fied "Cannonball Run." You can’t have a ...

The reticulated python was spotted slithering around a homeowner’s backyard in Phuket, Thailand Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, covering pets, ...

A tool created by University of Florida researchers aims to guide Burmese python removal efforts by helping hunters prioritize snakes for capture.

In the days before Christmas 2025, biologist Ian Easterling looked like he was enjoying a festive stroll through the swampy ...

When python researchers Ian Bartoszek and Ian Easterling tracked a male “scout snake” with a radio transmitter, they expected him to lead them to a big female Burmese python. What they found was much ...

It was a chilly December day when Ian Bartoszek and a team of other biologists hiked into the wilderness outside Naples to track pythons. They were homing in on Loki, a 13-foot, 52-pound male. But ...