Dozens of caged pythons and one pet boa constrictor named Big Shirl were killed by Florida wildlife officers last week in what some reptile enthusiasts say was an overreach of authority in euthanizing ...

While attention usually focuses on the Burmese python population wreaking havoc across the Florida Everglades and slithering its way north, green anacondas and boa constrictors also have been seen ...

Foreword / Richard Shine -- Introduction -- The biology of boas and pythons: a retrospective look to the future / Robert W. Henderson and Robert Powell -- Ecology, natural history, and evolution -- ...

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — Friday Camp Lejeune issued a stern warning to Marines and others about having pet snakes. Not only can exotic animals cause many environmental problems, but having them as pets is ...

Warning: Some readers may find the details of this story disturbing. Officers with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission were caught on video killing dozens of pythons and a pregnant ...

Both the Green tree python and the Emerald tree boa are huge green snakes, and though they belong to entirely distinct genera of snakes in opposite hemispheres, they are most typically confused with ...

A snake-wrangling couple got a big surprise the other day in Southwest Florida. According to their social media accounts, Rhett and Taylor Stanberry had received a message from a concerned homeowner ...

The snake catchers removed the boa constrictor with albinism from the Florida yard and moved the reptile to their Naples sanctuary Terrified homeowners in Florida called in professional snake catchers ...