Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Snake wrangler Mike Kimmel thought he was a goner when he grabbed a 17-foot python by the tail and the huge serpent reared up and ...

MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. — A blind dog known as "Helen Killer" tracked down a blind python with her extraordinary sense of smell during a hunt in the Everglades. Mike Kimmel, known as the "Python Cowboy," ...

Q. Why is the skin of a python a threat to the invasive snake? FWC: Burmese pythons are a cryptic species and, similar to other snake species, their first defense is to blend in with the environment.

A word of warning: If you’re afraid of snakes or blood-sucking insects, then this video showing a giant python being eaten alive by hundreds of ticks will almost assuredly give you the creeps. It’s ...

The snake’s head was as big as a garden spade, lunging at hunter Mike Kimmel once, twice, before sinking its recurved teeth into his arm causing blood to spurt in rhythm with his racing heart. Alone ...

Python Cowboy Mike Kimmel and Python Huntress Amy Siewe are just two of the legendary characters trying to keep the rising population of Burmese pythons in check in Florida's Everglades. Both were ...

A uniquely Florida moment was caught on video when a man dove head-first into a swamp and emerged with the head of a massive snake in his right hand. It happened in February, and that man was animal ...