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Police in New Jersey were called out to an unusual situation when 3-foot ball python was found stuck in the front grille of a vehicle.

FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, New Jersey (WABC) -- A Franklin Township couple got a surprise after returning home from a wheel alignment and discovering a large snake lodged in their vehicle's grille, prompting ...

ORANGEVALE, Calif. — The mystery of how a ball python ended up in an Orangevale woman’s toilet appears to have been solved. Alyssa Harmon discovered the roughly 3-foot long snake in her toilet Tuesday ...

Rahill was named the ultimate grand prize winner of the 2026 Florida Python Challenge on Wednesday, earning $10,000 for capturing more snakes than any other competitor during the 10-day event. Rahill ...

Tom Rahill won the annual event, earning $10,000 for removing 96 Burmese pythons from South Florida Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, covering pets, ...

Invasive Burmese pythons have boomed in South Florida, depleting native species and prompting statewide hunts. Despite python populations in neighboring counties, Lee County has very few officially ...

Burmese pythons — destructive invasive snakes with few natural predators in Florida — have developed a new foothold outside the Everglades. A population of the pythons is "established" in South ...

As the 2026 Florida Python Challenge winds down, we are revisiting a story from earlier this year. We interviewed professional python hunter Carl Jackson soon after he had caught a 16-foot, 10-inch ...

A Florida pizzeria owner is redefining the term “exotic pet trade” by accepting captured Burmese pythons as payment for a pie. “I’m the first place in the world to accept python as currency,” Dustin ...