A large coastal carpet python was found lurking underneath a 3-year-old toddler's cot in Queensland, Australia, with a snake catcher saying it could have strangled the child had it not been noticed.

An Australian father said he was left shaken this week after a snake attacked his 4-year-old son before attempting to drag the injured child into a bush. Evan Thompson said the incident occurred on ...

The five-year-old boy walked away from the ordeal with a small wound on his ankle. Pythons are not venomous and are known to appear in backyards across Australia. A five-year-old Australian boy has ...

OXFORD, Fla. — A 12-foot pet Burmese python broke out of an aquarium and strangled a 2-year-old girl in her bedroom today at a central Florida home, authorities said. Shaunia Hare was already dead ...

A child was strangled to death by a python, Florida sheriff's officials said Wednesday, reports CBS affiliate WKMG-TV in Orlando. The incident happened at 10 a.m. EDT, Sumter County officials said. Lt ...

SEATTLE – A family made an unusual discovery inside the bathroom of their north Seattle apartment on Friday – a snake was hiding in their toilet. KOMO-TV reports the family called police after a child ...