An elderly Brisbane man gets a rude awakening with a bite from a "cold, slithering" carpet python he found across his neck as he slept early this morning.

A Kenyan man bit a python who wrapped him in its coils and hauled him up a tree in a struggle that lasted hours, local media said Wednesday.

Burmese pythons are thriving in South Florida after escaping captivity or being freed by pet owners, experts say. The nonvenomous snakes, which grow to 18 feet, are creating havoc in the ecosystem.

A farm manager in Kenya says he was working when he stepped on something spongy. He looked down to find a giant python. The snake quickly entangled him and dragged him up a tree. That's when he ...

Invasive python hiding in tree lunged to bite hunters in South Florida, video shows. The snake was captured and euthanized.

A large Green Tree Python was found, police say, slithering out of the jacket of a suspect in a break and enter investigation.