Rachel Bloor had assumed the heavy weight on her chest was her dog.

Social media users have been given a shock reminder about the risks to roaming and inquisitive pets with a Sunshine Coast ...

If they reach the ecosystem's carrying capacity in the Everglades, the pythons will spread, and that likely means into backyards.

In the kind of nightmare scenario dreaded by anyone contemplating a visit to Australia, a woman in Brisbane woke up with a heavy weight on her chest, only to find that it was an 8ft-long python.