Snake species that are commonly found in California including the gopher snake, coachwhip snake, sharp-tailed snake, California kingsnake and Western yellow-bellied racer according to California Herps ...

Few predators swallow their prey whole. Even fewer can digest their meals with bones and all. But for some reptiles like the ...

A newly discovered cell helps pythons digest entire skeletons—and might be present in other bone-eating predators, too.

Research into the intestinal cells of Burmese pythons has revealed the existence of a previously unknown cell type, ...

Specialized cells in the intestinal lining of Burmese pythons allows them to completely absorb the skeletons of their prey.

Our very first snake hatch is finally here—and it’s a banger. We just produced what might be the world’s first 3-gene Ball Python combo that looks just like a Sunset morph. The color ...

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a ball python slithered out of a toilet and bit a South Florida man on the arm. Coral Springs police spokesman Chris Swinson said the man was treated ...

A new campaign is making use of Cloudflare Tunnel subdomains to host malicious payloads and deliver them via malicious attachments embedded in phishing emails. The ongoing campaign has been codenamed ...

A raccoon that bit two people in Maryland may have rabies, and health officials are urging the public to stay away, fast. Montgomery County officials have issued an urgent alert after a raccoon bit ...

Interactions With Humans A study showed that copperhead bites accounted for 40% of all snake bites in the U.S. Although venomous, the venom of a copperhead is not strong enough to kill a person.

They found Tyr25Phe in 53.7 per cent of the rats – including 80.4 per cent of black rats tested in Perth, 45.5 per cent tested in Sydney, and 39 per cent in Melbourne.