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.

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 ...

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

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.

You could say this snake had the last laugh: Researchers in southwestern Kenya recently stumbled across a 13-foot-long African rock python (Python sebae) that was swallowing a 150-pound hyena ...

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

Some snakes can grow larger than the record 19-foot Burmese python caught last week live in Florida, scientists say.

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.