Graham Alexander receives funding from the National Research Foundation. Snakes are probably not the first creatures that spring to mind when you think about caring parents. But recent research has ...

An enormous python that was found far outside its usual range put up a fight when it was being rescued, biting the snake catcher on the hand. The python measuring 10.8 feet long and weighing 53 pounds ...

CAMBELLTON, N.B. - Two boys, aged five and seven, were strangled by an African rock python after it escaped from an exotic pet store in New Brunswick. Here are some key facts about the reptile: ...

A giant African python making its way across the golf course is definitely something you don’t see every day. Apparently hoping to get a round of golf in on an off day, an African rock python ...

Snakes, in general, do not win any parenting awards. The snake species that lay eggs usually plop their clutch in a hole, cover them with dirt, then slither off hoping for the best. Most of the 30 ...

As Florida officials keep fighting a seemingly losing battle against the growing number of Burmese pythons, there’s a new snake the state is trying to stop from growing into a big — and we mean big — ...

MIAMI (CBSMiami) — The hunt for an elusive python is on in west Miami-Dade County, where wildlife experts said they are racing against the clock to find the Northern African python before it invades ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — It's been about two months since Florida issued a virtual open season on giant invasive Burmese pythons gobbling up rabbits, birds and even small alligators throughout the ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — The largest snake in Africa, a powerful constrictor that consumes goats, wart hogs and crocodiles, has been found east of the Everglades, raising the possibility that it is ...

Unusual circumstances led to the premature death of one of the world's largest species of snakes, the African rock python, on June 20. (Warning: graphic images of the snake's insides below.) Six days ...

A huge snake’s big meal in South Africa has turned out to be its last. After the death of a 12-foot-long African Rock Python, park rangers opened its stomach. Inside they found a 30-pound porcupine.