Ramirez took the snake home and named it Dolly Python. He had recently lost custody of his pet frogs in a break-up, so the ...

Researchers who track the elusive and reviled reptiles were thrilled to witness one of the greedy beasts regurgitating an ...

A road crew spotted a 14-foot Burmese python crossing a six-lane road in a posh Miami suburb recently. But how did it get ...

The announcement of Breugnathair elgolensis is the culmination of nearly a decade’s worth of work, after an international ...

By Jennifer Kay •Published December 23, 2013•Updated on December 23, 2013 at 4:27 pm A nationwide ban on importing four giant snake species or transporting them across state lines is costing reptile ...

Three ball pythons were spotted in the Forest Park neighborhood of Queens, N.Y. on Sept. 24. One of the snakes was ...

Burmese pythons pose a huge threat to native species in the Florida Everglades. Officials have used creative methods to manage the population of invasive snakes.

BRADENTON — Florida Sen. Bill Nelson’s efforts to make it illegal to import and trade nine dangerous snakes, including Burmese pythons, isn’t sitting well with those in the reptile industry. Nelson ...

A colossal python was spotted clinging to a tree 100 feet high in a densely populated urban area of Kochi, Southern India.

“Python” Ron returned to Milpitas Public Library last month to educate youngsters about snakes, lizards, tortoises and other reptiles. On June 29, as part of the library’s free Summer Reading ...

A hunter shooting a gun to kill a python? Forbidden. What about freezing the snake to kill it? Prohibited. A python run over by a car? Not allowed. These types of killings have happened before, though ...

A python bit a Cincinnati-area reptile store owner and coiled itself around him Monday before officers removed it, police said. The 20-foot, 125-pound snake bit Captive Born Reptiles owner Terry ...