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 ...

(CBS NEWS) - A 13-year-old boa snake who was thought to be male gave birth to 14 babies, even though it hasn’t been in contact with other snakes in years, according to researchers at City of ...

A rare discovery in a Cuban cave has rewritten what we thought we knew about reptile intelligence: the first snake hunters we ...

Snakes may have a reputation for being mysterious or even frightening, but many species are surprisingly docile. Even in ...

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 ...

NAPLES, Fla. (WSVN) — A Southwest Florida homeowner wasn’t the only one doing a double take when they got a slithery surprise in his backyard, but he sought a couple of professionals uniquely ...

A deputy got a big — 8 feet, to be exact — shock when he found a snake slithering in a small New England town. Jonathan Marshall, a deputy with the York County Sheriff's Office, located the lengthy ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Police in Niles are looking for the owner of giant snake found on Wednesday. It's one of two found in the last week. As CBS 2's Meredith Barack shows, neither should be here. The ...

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A 13-year-old boa snake who was thought to be male gave birth to 14 babies, even though it hasn't been in contact with other snakes in years, according to researchers at City of Portsmouth College in ...