To counter animal-borne diseases driven by climate change, India's Health Ministry is creating a National Action Plan under 'One Health' to target 10 priority zoonotic threats via multi-sectoral steps ...

BATH COUNTY, Ky. (LEX NEWS) — Reef balls weighing hundreds of pounds are being dropped to the bottom of Cave Run Lake on the Bath County side as part of a Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife ...

Exotic animals kept as pets can end up in stressful and risky situations when they escape or go missing. While ball pythons ...

Two Sanford police officers responded to an unusual call on June 22 after a large ball python was discovered inside an apartment building bathroom.

Biologists at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida removed 8,080 pounds of invasive Burmese pythons from the outskirts of Naples in just six months. The haul — 177 snakes in total — beats their ...

Paula Wethington is a digital producer at CBS Detroit. She previously held digital content roles at NEWSnet, Gannett/USA Today network and The Monroe News in Michigan. She is a graduate of the ...

Burmese pythons, a prolific and invasive species of snake, could cause the extinction of an endangered rodent native to Florida. According to a recent paper, the populations of Key Largo woodrats and ...

A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held for the John Ball Zoo's brand-new North American river otter habitat on Thursday evening ahead of its grand opening to the public on Friday. The expanded habitat ...

May 14 (UPI) --Police in Ohio said a report of "unwanted slithering" in a Westlake neighborhood resulted in the detention of a ball python. The Westlake Police Department said on social media that ...