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 ...

Durban snake catcher Nick Evans and two of his friends came across a couple of pythons but Evans said the best sighting was a 2.8m specimen. Evans said this Wednesday was a busy but cracking day of ...

While smaller snakes are not uncommon, it is rare for a python this large to make its way into residential areas. Thank ...

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 ...

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 — ...

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 ...

A Southern African rock python has been captured on a farm in Emona in KwaZulu-Natal. This after a farmer contacted Reaction Unit South Africa (Rusa) just before 9am on Christmas Day after he spotted ...

This is the moment a giant African python slithered onto a vehicle in the South African bush, terrifying passengers. Alarmed by the huge reptile, the wildlife tourists jump into their cars and reverse ...

South Coast snake catcher Sarel van der Merwe has asked the public to keep his number on speed dial because it is now snake season, saying that the season will last until March. Van der Merwe was ...

A mother-son leopard duo made a meal of a six-and-a-half feet (2 metres) long African rock python in the MalaMala game reserve in South Africa in front of horrified tourists, reports Daily Mail, ...