Arms spread and mouth agape - this is the moment a mouse appeared to be pleading for help as it was suffocated by a 3ft-long python before being eaten whole in Indonesia. The images were captured by ...

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 ...

Imagine going to a pet store with your dog to buy dog food, and you notice another pet owner in the store with a snake around their neck. Would you figure that was reasonable since the store allows ...

MOVE over dogs — it’s now a snake-eat-snake world. Watch what can happen when two pet pythons are given a rat to eat, and then left to their own devices. This spectacular video shot in Adelaide shows ...

A 12ft pet Burmese python broke out of an aquarium and strangled a two-year-old girl in her bedroom, police in Florida have said. Shaunia Hare was already dead when paramedics arrived, said Lt Bobby ...

A FED-UP couple have pleaded with their terrified neighbours to stop calling the cops on their 12ft python – insisting it’s a child-friendly harmless pet. Faith Boyd and Calum McKenzie regularly let ...