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A surprise visitor of serpentine sorts was rescued from a home over the Fourth of July weekend, and soon made its way into ...

A Lehigh Acres family found themselves in a slithery situation when a friendly ball python decided to crash their pool party.

The Burmese python has been wreaking havoc across the Florida Everglades as it slithers its way north into new territory. What do they look like?

(SCMP)A Sri Lankan man has been arrested at an airport in Thailand after allegedly trying to smuggle three snakes out of the ...

It offered exotic pet owners a safe alternative to releasing animals they can no longer care for into the wild.

Ever scrolled through social media and seen an impossibly cute fennec fox or a tiny slow loris, immediately wishing you could ...

The man had been previously arrested on wildlife crimes in Sri Lanka in 2024, and had in the past tried to move wolves, meerkats, black cockatoos, sugar gliders, porcupines, ball pythons, iguanas, ...

The suspect, identified as Shehan, was previously caught attempting to traffic exotic animals internationally.

A Sri Lankan man is accused of trying to illegally smuggle animals out of Thailand after airport security reported finding snakes in his underwear, officials said.