Pythons are distributed across Africa, Asia, and Australia with their native ranges well-documented through IUCN Red List.

Monster from The Australian Reptile Park bit senior reptile keeper Jake Meney yesterday afternoon, but has left the keepers unfazed. The snake weighs in at a whopping 53kg and is 5.28m long, making ...

Burmese pythons, a non-native snake, has proliferated across more than a thousand square miles of South Florida.

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 ...

MIAMI (AP) -- A nationwide ban on importing four giant snake species or transporting them across state lines is costing reptile breeders, handlers, hobbyists and vendors millions and should be ...

MIAMI — A nationwide ban on importing four giant snake species or transporting them across state lines is costing reptile breeders, handlers, hobbyists and vendors millions and should be overturned, ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Cairns. Followed categories will be added to My News. Nick Stock, who is three months into his role as sanctuary manager at Australian Wildlife Sanctuary’s ...

Mother of late owner Brandon said 'he would have rather been blamed for what happened' rather than see the snake put down THE mother of a snake fan killed by his 8ft python has given it away to a ...

In early February, Florida wildlife officers visited a reptile dealer in Sunrise to investigate illegal possession of snakes, enforcing a new law designed to prevent further infestations of the state ...

A five-year-old Rock Python died at the National Zoological Park while undergoing treatment, leaving the zoo with seven pythons. The cause of death will be confirmed after the post-mortem. Sources ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A new regulation in Arkansas that prohibits anyone from breeding, selling or importing any of five large python species without a permit has received backlash from critics who ...

FORT MYERS, Fla. — As quick as a mongoose, 90-pound, 5-foot-2-inch Lindsay McAfee pounced on the 7-foot Burmese python, pinned its head to the ground with an aluminum snake hook and stowed it in a ...