THE BURMESE PYTHON sat still as Bill Booth eased forward. It was coiled and hidden in a tangle of brush and vines, but Booth could see enough to know it was a very big snake. So he crept forward until ...

SYDNEY, Australia – A 7- year-old boy on a camping holiday with his father awoke today to find a 12-foot python wrapped around his neck, Australian police said. The boy’s father wrestled the snake in ...