Snakes

Eighty pythons were captured in this year's 'Python Bowl,' five by Dusty Crum's team. They took second place for the heaviest python, but their real reward comes from helping Florida's native wildlife. 

Miami's Super Bowl means death for some of Florida's Burmese pythons -- and that's a good thing.

There are six venomous snakes found in Florida, and four are common in the Tampa Bay area. One bite could be deadly, but that same dangerous snake venom is key to reversing the damage.

A Winter Park man found a snake in his clothes dryer while attempting to fix it after it stopped working.

Python hunters in South Florida have snagged a record-breaking catch.

A massive python was found swimming in South Florida's Biscayne Bay -- over a mile away from the mainland.

Florida doubled its ranks of python hunters last week as the state steps up efforts to tame the invasive species that has long devastated the balance of the natural food chain in the Everglades.

The diamondback rattlesnake is one of the deadliest snakes in the United States, and it can be found all over Florida.

Florida wildlife officials say hunters have captured two huge Burmese pythons as part of the state's program to remove the invasive snakes.

The latest invasive Burmese python that was captured was nearly 18 feet long, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

Even some of Florida’s youngest hunters get to help out with the state’s effort to eradicate invasive pythons. 

A Safety Harbor woman has many exotic friends that she keeps as pets. Her love for owning snakes started when her and her husband attended Repto-Con because of her husbands pet bearded dragon. She says she fell in love with ball pythons upon walking into that event.

We have all been warned to check for signs of skimmer devices at gas station pumps, but a Kansas woman was faced with a 'threat' of a different kind at the pump this week.

A Florida homeowner got an unexpected -- and unwelcome -- visitor on her home's porch.

A snake found itself on a car traveling through Kansas City June 25.

A python hunter in Parrish was hired to catch a nearly 14-foot snake, but didn’t expect to find it was run over.

A golf game was briefly interrupted by a rattlesnake slithering across the 14th hole in St. Petersburg.