Jason Leon (L), caught the 18-foot, 8-inch Burmese python in southeast Miami-Dade County; University of Florida scientists lie down next to the record snake. REUTERS ORLANDO, Fla., — An 18-foot, ...

(CNN) — Things that are about 18 feet long (sure it’s random, just go with it). There’s the Ford F-150 pickup truck. There’s the 18-foot skiff, a kind of zippy racing boat. Then there’s the disturbing ...

Snakes of all varieties are found in communities worldwide. However, when an 18-foot python is on the loose, it can put those who live in communities where the huge snakes are not part of the local ...

Conservancy biologists caught the biggest Burmese python ever found in Florida’s Everglades: an almost 18-foot-long, 215-pound female loaded with 122 eggs. The record-breaking invasive snake was deep ...

A conservancy group caught a Burmese python that set a record for the largest-ever found in Florida's Everglades. The Conservancy of Southwest Florida announced the catch in a news release, where they ...

The family of a man who escaped the grip of an 18-foot python when a quick-thinking police officer shot the snake in the head say the horrifying ordeal began when the man’s snake suddenly turned on ...

FLORIDA, USA — The Burmese python is one of the largest snakes in the world, averaging between 6 and 9 feet long, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Now imagine a ...