There is a new, slithering addition to the streets of Somerville. A large snake was spotted slinking along the side of a road Saturday morning. Somerville Animal Control confirmed it is a ball python.

The Burmese python is one of the largest snakes in the world. Adult snakes caught in Florida are between 6 and 9 feet on average, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One Florida neighborhood had some quick flashes of color slithering by their homes recently. Residents of a St. Augustine ...

As the 5-foot-long ball python coiled itself around my neck, its muscles rippling as it tightened its grip on my jugular, I considered whether I had made a grave mistake diving into the experience of ...

It’s one for the hiss-tory books! Three enormous ball pythons were spotted slithering through Queen’s Forest Park Thursday, including one that was nabbed — and named Kevin by rescuers — and two more ...

It was a slithering surprise in Delaware County on Tuesday. The Radnor Township Police Department shared in a Facebook post that they are looking for the owner of a 3-4 foot long ball python that was ...

A California ball python was captured at an In-N-Out Burger 50 miles from her home. While Florida has ball pythons, our challenge is dealing with the much larger Burmese pythons. Sometimes a mouse won ...

ROSS TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Ross Township police are searching for four other snakes after an albino ball python was found near a ballpark on the Fourth of July. RELATED >>> Albino python snake found on Ross ...