Other near universal welfare issues among small pets — which apply to our cats and dogs, too — include monotonous and unnatural diets, boredom, and lack of enrichment. Pierce said that handling can ...

A snake in southwest Indonesia has shattered the Guinness World Record for the longest serpent ever spotted in the wild.

TV20's Wildlife Wednesday reporter Vinny Mutone introduces us to a snake that has lived at the zoo since 1989, helping ...

With help from his wife and kids, who prevented the snake from squeezing him to death, Carl Jackson wrangled the second-heaviest Burmese python ever caught in the state ...

A close look at stunning ball pythons showing off their colors and patterns Snow maps show which states will get hit hardest this week Annual governors' gathering with White House unraveling after ...

Florida incentivizes hunters to eliminate invasive Burmese pythons through programs offering cash rewards. The invasive snakes, numbering in the tens of thousands, disrupt the Everglades ecosystem by ...

An over 23-foot python has been named the world's longest wild snake. On Wednesday, Feb. 4, Guinness World Records announced that a wild reticulated python named Idu Baron (The Baroness), measuring ...

It was the catch of a lifetime. For contracted python hunter Carl Jackson, wrangling a near record python earlier this year (Jan. 13) was likely satisfying in more ways than one. First, his struggle ...

Beneath Indonesia’s dense forests, a female reticulated python was found that stretched an astonishing 7.22 metres (23 feet 8 inches) from head to tail, longer than even a bus. As reported, the ...

While the snake season in Pietermaritzburg started fairly busy, extreme heat in recent weeks appears to have pushed reptiles into hiding, says local snake catcher Dean Boswell. He says snakes are ...

Associated PressA reticulated python is taken care by his keeper Maryoto at Curugsewu recreational Park, in Kendal, Central Java, Indonesia, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2003. The 49.21 feet long, 985 pound ...