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Parks officials in Florida have been fighting a losing battle to rid the Everglades of invasive Burmese pythons, not realizing that their secret weapon may be the state reptile. A remarkable photo ...

Pythons, the long, slithering reptiles that can grow up to 33 feet—about the length of a bus—are usually known for their role in the animal kingdom and the fashion industry. But have you ever ...

A snake owner was kicked out of a supermarket in Beckenham after taking his pet python with him on a shopping trip. Staff and customers were stunned when the man strolled into Waitrose on Southend ...

A Coronation Street actor said he was left "dreaming of snakes" after he found a 4ft (1.2m) royal python sitting on his toilet seat. Harry Visinoni, who plays Seb Franklin in the TV soap, went to ...

Police are scrambling to find 15 royal python snakes that were stolen during a burglary. The reptiles were snatched from a property in Rugby Warwickshire in a wheeled holdall. It is thought the ...

A three-foot Royal Python - a snake which is usually found in sub-Saharan Africa - has been found dead in a lake in the Rhondda. The snake was discovered in a lake on a hillside at the end of ...

A woman was bitten by her blind pet snake in het tattoo studio in Pensacola, Florida, on Tuesday night. Dawn Sluder, a tattoo artist, was left with a few puncture wounds after her rescue ball python ...

A family got a fright when they opened their tumble dryer to find a royal python wrapped up inside it. The snake, which is believed to be an escaped or abandoned pet, was discovered after it slithered ...