Imagine going to a pet store with your dog to buy dog food, and you notice another pet owner in the store with a snake around their neck. Would you figure that was reasonable since the store allows ...

A growing number of people in China are purchasing Indonesian venomous pit vipers as pets, the same species of snake as ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. More than 4,200 species of snakes exist on the planet and ...

The origins of Florida’s python crisis lie in the exotic pet trade of the 1980s and 1990s. These snakes were initially sold as pets but were frequently abandoned in the wild once they outgrew their ...

AUSTRALIA -- Veterinarians in Australia pulled a beach towel out of a pet snake. Monty is an 18-year-old jungle carpet python. Her family said she ate an entire towel one night. Once the family ...

As a responsible reptile owner, you’re always on the lookout for the best snacks for your snake. They can’t just slither down to the Snake Shack – it’s up to you to source the highest quality, most ...

Professional snake removal experts captured a 30-pound, 6½-foot Burmese python from a Miami-Dade residential area, preventing ...