The state wildlife commission now requires that Burmese pythons, African rock pythons and several other snakes have microchips implanted to prevent owners from abandoning them.

Stock image of a Southern African Python. Thought to be the largest species of snake in Africa, one of these snakes got caught behind barbed wire, requiring snake catcher Nick Evans' assistance.

The Reaction Unit South Africa shared an interesting story of how they responded to a car theft but ended up rescuing a snake ...

A huge snake’s big meal in South Africa has turned out to be its last. After the death of a 12-foot-long African Rock Python, park rangers opened its stomach. Inside they found a 30-pound ...

Corrie Lotter, an ASI-licensed snake catcher, recently assisted with relocating a large Southern African python in Munster.

The female Southern African python is the first ever egg-laying snake species shown to care for their babies. This comes at great cost to themselves, as they never eat during the breeding period ...

Graham Alexander, from the University of Johannesburg, told Newsweek that reticulated pythons are ""massive snakes, without exaggerating" with exceptional creatures reaching 26 feet in captivity.

A 3.9-metre African rock python was safely captured after being discovered inside a residential estate bordering the Kruger National Park.

A snake catcher and his daughter were devastated after discovering a Burmese python that had been brutally beaten to death by ...

What is a ball python snake? And why isn't this 'nice cousin' to the Burmese hunted in Florida? We explain the details.

An African python was caught sitting in the parking lot of a Walmart Superstore in Pickens, SC, police say.