Professional snake removal experts captured a 30-pound, 6½-foot Burmese python from a Miami-Dade residential area, preventing potential danger to pets and children.

The man was attacked by his own pet python around his neck in the streets of Taiwan as bystanders tried to trap the snake in a bucket after the bite left the victim on the floor.

A ball python, also called the royal python, is a less troublesome cousin to the Burmese, and has been eating its way through the Everglades for decades. Ball pythons are native to west sub Saharan ...