While most snake species are solitary hunters, a rare and fascinating few engage in cooperative hunting—a remarkable behavior among reptiles. These unique snakes collaborate with others of their kind ...

This African python was caught in the parking lot of a Walmart in Pickens, S.C., police say. Pickens Police Department photo African pythons can be officially added to the list of odd things you may ...

Sept. 17 (UPI) --An African snake is being cared for by authorities in Connecticut after apparently being abandoned in a reservoir area. Burlington & Canton Animal Control said on social media that a ...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Clerks at a South African post office fled for safety when they emptied a mail bag and a white python came slithering out. The one metre (yard) long non-venomous snake was one ...

The ancestors of cobras and related snakes first emerged in Asia roughly 35 million years ago. Many researchers thought the Elapoidea superfamily of snakes evolved in Africa before slithering their ...

Pythons have huge appetites, but which snake would win an eating contest? Surprisingly, it’s a harmless little African snake that consumes eggs whole like an amuse-bouche. Biologist Bruce Jayne at the ...

New research from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, has revealed that puff adders (Bitis arietans) can be highly efficient at controlling rodent populations that ...