Call it a love story. A large python was found slithering around a North Carolina Chili’s parking lot — reuniting with its owner two months after it had gone missing. The snake — a cream-colored ball ...

The Shallotte Police Department removed the ball python from the lot and helped reunite the pet with its owner Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her ...

SHALLOTTE, N.C. (WECT) - One day after a large snake was found slithering around in the parking lot of a restaurant in Shallotte, a ball python, has been reunited with her owner. “That beautiful snake ...

More than 900 people participated in the 2025 Python Challenge, a 10-day snake hunt in South Florida. The catches were monumental this year with 294 pythons captured — the most in the contest's ...

The daughter of a 60-year-old woman charged with robbing a credit union said her mother’s addiction issues and trouble overcoming her criminal record pushed her to commit the crime.