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

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 ...

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 ...

Leopards are the most widespread of the big cats, but their range across Asia and Africa is shrinking. In many places, so are their numbers. Researchers have estimated that Zambia’s Kafue National ...

New research shows Burmese pythons are more adaptable to cold than previously thought, using burrows to survive freezes. Ecologists warn that while python sightings in Brevard County are few, there ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The Nashville Zoo welcomed an adorable female clouded leopard cub last month, marking the 50th clouded leopard born at the zoo since 1991. According to officials, the cub ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) - A Tucson pet store is asking for the public's help after two ball pythons were stolen from their southeast side location on March 23. The theft happened around 6:30 p.m. at ...

CU Boulder researchers have discovered an appetite-suppressing compound in python blood that helps the snakes consume enormous meals and go months without eating yet remain metabolically healthy. The ...

Legal exportation of reptiles from the United States into Mexico by land requires expressed approval from several U.S. agencies, of which the tractor driver apparently had none. (CBP) U.S. Customs and ...

A snow leopard in China recently mauled a tourist who tried to get close enough to snap a photo of the rare animal. China’s Forestry and Grassland Bureau said the tourist, who is a skier, was bitten ...

A female skier was viciously mauled by a snow leopard on Friday after approaching the predator too closely for a photo, according to chilling footage of the incident. The encounter, which left the ...