The animal control officer who doubles as the town's animal inspector points out that she is not a dog trainer, an animal behaviorist or animal psychologist. Her knowledge of animals is based on ...

A Lehigh Acres family found themselves in a slithery situation when a friendly ball python decided to crash their pool party.

LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. (CBS12) — A weekend pool party in Florida had an unwanted guest when a ball python was found on the pool deck.

Florida wants you to kill as many of the invasive Burmese pythons as you can during the 10-days contest in July. But you ...

A Lehigh Acres family discovered a ball python on their pool deck, leading to a rescue by Deputy Roedding who safely removed the snake. The deputy is actually no stranger to catching wildlife.

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a ball python slithered out of a toilet and bit a South Florida man on the arm. Coral Springs police spokesman Chris Swinson said the man was treated ...

How Instagram's 'yoink guy' uses Florida wildlife to captivate almost 8 million people and what to know about the 2025 Python Challenge in Florida.

Since pythons are invasive and plentiful, you don't need a license or permit to hunt them in Florida. Hunting them in Florida is encouraged because Burmese pythons have very few predators.

But one Florida wildlife enthusiast and conservationist doesn’t wait for the yearly challenge to “yoink” these swamp monsters from the Everglades and is hunting for a rumored 20-foot python ...

Now, with more than 600 dead pythons under her belt, she is known as the "Python Huntress" -- one of a handful of women amongst hundreds of men hunting the invasive Burmese python in Florida's ...