A childcare centre had to be closed after a family of pythons was discovered behind a wall in a room where toddlers take their afternoon nap. The nest of 23 baby pythons and their 8ft long mother was ...

A coastal carpet python has been found sleeping behind a car steering wheel prompting snake catchers to warn motorist to properly lock their vehicles overnight. Snake catcher Brendan Dyer shared the ...

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Two carpet pythons were found abandoned in a cardboard box in Doncaster, the RSPCA has said. The young adult snakes were found by a council worker in Loverose Way, Austerfield on 3 August and were ...