Broward firefighters help woman rescue her pet python
The one-year-old ivory banana ball python named Ritchie was trapped for 8 hours, according to its owner, Camryn Drew.
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The one-year-old ivory banana ball python named Ritchie was trapped for 8 hours, according to its owner, Camryn Drew.
Officials said Florida residents should be alert during early mornings and evenings when snakes are most active.
Burmese pythons pose a huge threat to native species in the Florida Everglades. Officials have used creative methods to manage the population of invasive snakes.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is asking the public to report sightings of the rare rainbow snake to help track and protect the declining species.
Scientists — and the public — are watching as the youngsters, called pups, slither over and between adult females on rocks.
In the dead of night, hunters go deep into the Florida Everglades, searching for the invasive Burmese pythons that are eating up mice, rabbits and other prey.
The competition kicked off Friday between hunters to capture the most and longest Burmese pythons.
The red-bellied black snake slithered onto the unicorn-themed bed in Jimboomba, Queensland, and tried to blend in with some toys — but it couldn't hide for long.
In a quiet preserve along the eastern bank of the Apalachicola River, 41 eastern indigo snakes were released Tuesday into gopher tortoise burrows.
Jerromy Brookes was bitten while trying to remove the brown snake "to keep the children safe," local media and emergency services said.
Two weeks ago, a family get-together turned into a trip to the emergency room for seven-year-old Daniella Cabrera, who was bitten by a water moccasin at a park in Deerfield Beach.
Issuing a wanted poster with a mugshot of the coiled green mamba, police warned: "The snake is very dangerous."
Mone't Robinson, 21, said she originally thought it was a bee sting
The invasive female Burmese python captured at Big Cypress National Preserve weighed 198 pounds – the second heaviest python captured to date in Florida.
In the 10-minute 911 call, the driver can be heard crying out in pain as the dispatcher speaks.
It took the handler three tries to get the coachwhip snake firmly in his grasp. He was able to wrestle the snake with one hand while capturing it all on his cellphone with the other.
Peggy Jones says the two animals battled it out with her in the crossfire. She ended up covered in blood, her forearm ripped up by the hawk's talons.
The snakes were discovered with a chameleon by customs agents at Chennai Airport.
Rudolf Erasmus had four passengers on board when he felt "something cold" slide across his lower back
In the video caption, Clark writes the Python is over 15-feet long.
The bizarre yet fascinating menagerie of animals detected by TSA agents in carry-on baggage at US airports carries on into 2023.
The snake decided to "wrap his mouth around his ankle" and pull him underwater. So, the boy's 76-year-old grandfather literally jumped in to save the day.
A woman hiking in the Ocala National Forest came across a rare find.
Wildlife officials have released 15 threatened native, nonvenomous eastern indigo snakes in North Florida.
It's probably not what you want to encounter when you use the bathroom first thing in the morning but a Coral Springs man got the scare of a lifetime after discovering a snake slithering around his toilet.
A motorman was rushed to a hospital late Wednesday morning after being involved in a crash, officials say.
CBS Miami and the Miami Marlins will bring 10 regular-season games to South Florida fans for free in 2026, including three primetime matchups.
Miami-Dade Schools Police said they are still working to determine who made the hoax call.
Lev Parnas is the latest democrat to throw his name into the fray, and it's a name that many may associate with President Donald Trump.
NASA's Artemis II astronauts are set to launch today on a nine-day mission around the moon and back. Follow the countdown and watch it live.
A motorman was rushed to a hospital late Wednesday morning after being involved in a crash, officials say.
NASA's Artemis II astronauts are set to launch today on a nine-day mission around the moon and back. Follow the countdown and watch it live.
CBS Miami and the Miami Marlins will bring 10 regular-season games to South Florida fans for free in 2026, including three primetime matchups.
Miami-Dade Schools Police said they are still working to determine who made the hoax call.
Lev Parnas is the latest democrat to throw his name into the fray, and it's a name that many may associate with President Donald Trump.
In courtroom testimony, Shandelle Maycock recounted the harrowing night her daughter was abandoned in the Everglades, describing the horrors they endured.
A former prison guard trainee has been sentenced to death for the 2019 execution-style killings of five women inside a Florida bank.
Florida coach Billy Napier is getting a fourth season to try to get the Gators back to their winning ways.
A Florida man has filed a federal lawsuit against Jacksonville sheriff's officers who severely beat him last year after he ran from a traffic stop.
The Marion County Sheriff's deputy told authorities that he accidentally shot and killed his girlfriend while cleaning his gun.
Lev Parnas is the latest democrat to throw his name into the fray, and it's a name that many may associate with President Donald Trump.
President Trump has told Britain's Telegraph newspaper he could try to terminate U.S. membership in NATO. He's railed against NATO allies for refusing to join the Iran war.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared open to invalidating President Trump's executive order that would end birthright citizenship.
President Trump went to the Supreme Court on Wednesday as the justices took up his executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship, a major test of his immigration agenda.
A federal judge has ordered Penn to hand over records about Jewish employees on campus to a federal agency as part of an investigation into antisemitic discrimination.
Emily Gregory describes the days following her upset victory in Tuesday's special election as "a little overwhelming, surreal, but exciting."
The Miami Center for Mental Health and Recovery, located at 2200 NW 7th Avenue, would be a first-of-its-kind facility that could make a difference in the lives of countless people.
Wasserman Schultz pushed back against the suggestion that the United States was led into this war by Israel and its leader, Benjamin Netanyahu.
In advance of the trial, CBS News Miami spoke to Miami Herald federal courts reporter Jay Weaver about what Rubio is expected to say when he takes the stand.
Critics of the bill argue that the attacks on the teacher unions are part of a broader education strategy that has slowly been unfolding for the past 30 years.
An unlicensed cosmetologist from Florida has been found guilty in a California court for providing an injection that killed a model who was known as a Kim Kardashian lookalike, prosecutors said.
Food containing norovirus may smell and taste normal but still cause serious illness if consumed, FDA warns.
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. wants the popular coffee chains to prove their surgery drinks are safe for teens and suggested the Trump administration could place limits on your cup of coffee.
Tests of dozens of baby formulas by Consumer Reports found that nearly half contained potentially dangerous chemicals.
A trial has been set in the San Francisco Bay Area for a Florida woman accused of providing a cosmetic injection that killed a woman who was known as a Kim Kardashian lookalike, prosecutors said.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Florida insurance policyholders could be seeing some form of relief in their wallets thanks to market reforms made statewide, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
Activists are calling for a nationwide boycott of Target stores following the company's decision to roll back its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
A Las Vegas performer has sued Taylor Swift over the title of her hit album "The Life of a Showgirl," alleging it violates the performer's trademark.
The price hike raises the cost of the standard plan with ads by $1 per month and the cost of the standard and premium plans by $2.
Savannah Guthrie stepped back from her NBC duties almost two months ago when her mother, Nancy Guthrie, disappeared. The investigation is ongoing.
An unlicensed cosmetologist from Florida has been found guilty in a California court for providing an injection that killed a model who was known as a Kim Kardashian lookalike, prosecutors said.
Local reports estimate that roughly 40,000 people gathered across central Seoul to watch K-pop band BTS reunite.