Australia's longest snake, the jungle carpet python, can reach six metres and live 20 to 30 years with proper care. Owners need a licence to keep snakes, as per state laws.

Rachel Jelley said she was just trying to grab some screws from the garage when the belly-crawler made its grand and unwelcomed entrance just inches from her face.

A coastal carpet python curled up for a snooze after eating a meal on a toy shelf in an Australian day care center, snake catchers said. Screengrab from Sunshine Coast Snake Catchers 24/7's ...

Extraordinary footage has emerged of a carpet python holding onto a possum it is attempting to eat while dangling from a roof rafter in an impressive show of strength.

When an Australian woman found herself face-to-face with a carpet python, she immediately called for help.

Dakota, jungle carpet python, is back home after going missing from her vivarium. Credit: Michelle Brunton The owner of an eight-foot snake has confirmed she has been found "safe and well".

Dakota, a jungle carpet python, went missing from her cage at a home in Thorney Close, Sunderland on the evening of Tuesday 19 September. Credit: Michelle Brunton Residents have been urged to be ...

Imagine checking under the hood of your car and finding a python slithering in your engine! That recently happened to someone in Green Bay.