Pythons are found in sub-Saharan African countries and in parts of Asia. They are non-venomous snakes and kill by constriction, latching on with their teeth and coiling around their prey. Burmese ...

Last week, a ball python (a non-venomous constrictor snake) was rescued from Mumbai’s Mahim building by Police Constable ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. More than 4,200 species of snakes exist on the planet and ...

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 ...

This is the shocking moment a man stole a 4-and-a-half-foot snake from a Michigan pet store by stuffing it down his pants and walking around inside the venue for four minutes before paying for a rat ...

She’d been in care at the nearby CRD animal shelter, after being rescued from a parking lot by a Sooke Potholes visitor. Someone had someone put her in a pillowcase in a box with a rat, abandoning ...

Imagine checking into your hotel room and discovering a guest you definitely didn’t expect. That’s exactly what happened at a ...

The distraught owner of a 3ft-long python is appealing for help after her snake mysteriously disappeared from its tank 10 days ago. The owner of the snake, who has asked not to be named, was in her ...