These unbelievable photos capture the chilling moment a huge snake devours a king parrot - whole. A snake catcher in Australia was sent images of the scene and then shared them, reports the Daily ...

A snake owner found dead in the home he shared with his pet pythons was asphyxiated, an inquest heard. A probe is continuing to see if the giant, non-venomous snakes, which kill their prey by ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Terrifying footage shows the moment an 18-foot python wrapped itself around its captor as he posed for a photo with it. Sanjoy Dutta, a forest range officer of Baikunthapur Forest in Jalpaiguri, ...

Noah and Connor Barthe, 4 and 6, were sleeping when an African rock python in a nearby room escaped its cage through a small hole in the ceiling It slithered through a ventilation shaft in its glass ...

A giant snake found slithering on the streets of Greenock has been identified as a Burmese python - known to swallow pigs and goats whole. It is understood the owner of the 14 foot long serpent has ...

Snake catchers in Florida are working overtime to combat an ever-growing population of Burmese pythons, capturing more than 3,600 of the serpents since the launch of an official campaign to hunt them ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

An Indian forest ranger had a narrow escape after a rock python briefly attempted to strangle him while he posed for pictures with the giant snake. Sanjay Dutta was called in by frantic villagers in ...

Humans are biologically conditioned to distinguish venomous snakes from non-threatening species, a new study suggests. In experiments, volunteers were shown alternating photos of venomous and ...

That might be the future, after researchers suggested python meat could provide a more sustainable alternative to other farmed meats. The reason? They grow rapidly, and need much less food than other ...