Another snake you are likely to come across at Karura is the Peter's worm snake, a very small snake often no thicker than a ...

CAMBELLTON, N.B. - Two boys, aged five and seven, were strangled by an African rock python after it escaped from an exotic pet store in New Brunswick. Here are some key facts about the reptile: ...

Though smaller in number than the Burmese python, the rock python remains a threat to the Everglades. Considering the size it can grow into, the snake is definitely trouble for wildlife in the region.

While similar in size, the African rock python is known to be a bit more aggressive than the Burmese species. However, Reed noted, human encounters, given their small numbers found so far, would ...

State biologists are concerned about another species of python, establishing itself in Florida. The African rock python is considered more aggressive than the Burmese pythons and can grow to 16 feet.

The rock pythons are "so mean, they come out of the egg striking," Kenneth Krysko, senior herpetologist at the Florida Museum of Natural History in Gainesville told the magazine.

Two Indian rock pythons were rescued within 24 hours from a school and a housing society in Mumbai and Thane. The heavy rains ...

It is extremely rare for an African rock python to kill humans, reptile experts said Tuesday after hearing of the deaths of two boys in New Brunswick who police say were killed by such a snake.

Wildlife officials are expanding efforts to find and eradicate African rock pythons in Miami-Dade County after a 10-foot-snake strangled a 60-pound Siberian husky.

The pythons added to the state's prohibited list are five species of reticulated, Burmese and rock pythons: Malayopython reticulatus, Python bivittatus, Python molurus, Python natalensis and ...

The Indian rock python is usually whitish or yellowish in color with blotched patterns from tan to dark brown shades, varying on the terrain and habitat, and it tends to blend in among the leaves ...