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 ...

A Townsville man has captured the moment he rescued his pet birds from a snake with his bare hands. The man filmed the video with one hand, picking up the offending reptile from the outside of a cage ...

A man who went viral after he was filmed surfing with his pet python has been fined more than 2,000 Australian dollars for taking the reptile out in public. Higor Fiuza, from the Gold Coast in ...

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 ...