Category: Snake Information & News
Ball Python Found in Beaumont, Tex. Woman’s Oven
Snake was safely removed by the city’s animal services. [...]
Indonesian Pop Star Irma Bule Dies After King Cobra Used as Stage Prop Bites Her
The king cobra's handler apparently had antivenin on hand but she refused treatment. [...]
USARK Constrictor Rule Update: April 4, 2016
Being the party that appealed USARK’s preliminary injunction, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”) carries the burden [...]
New Viper Species Discovered in Ethiopia
University of Utah students snapped a picture of the new species in 2013. [...]
Researchers Determine Skin Color Of 10 Million-Year-Old Snake
With the help of a scanning electron microscope and the color palette of modern day colubrid snakes, researchers have devised a color pattern. [...]
Pit Vipers Shipped From Philippines to Pennsylvania Found Dead at Post Office
The snakes were found in a box declared to be T-shirts. [...]
Man Releases 13-foot Python inside Japanese Restaurant in California
A customer at a sushi restaurant in Studio City, Calif. was arrested after he apparently threw his 13-foot python at guests of the restaurant after an [...]
Chinese Man Feeds Puppy to His Python And Gets Some Serious Flack
Chinese social media reacts with impunity at this man for feeding a puppy to his snake. [...]
You Think Vipers Are The Fastest Strikers? Think Again!
While snakes of the viperidae family are perceived as the fastest strikers, the rat snake is oftentimes a faster striker than the vipers. [...]
Check Out This New Species of Shieldtail Snake Just Discovered in India
Khaire’s black shieldtail was discovered in India's southern Maharashtra, Goa, and northern Karnataka region. [...]
Python Hitches Ride On Engine Of Car In Zimbabwe
The python was safely removed and released. [...]
Florida Owner of Escaped Cobra in Plea Deal, Sells All Venomous Snakes
As part of a plea deal, Lewis Mark Pellicer will not possess venomous snakes for one year. [...]
Texas Rattlesnake Festival Runs March 12-13
Rattlesnake festivals have traditionally been a gruesome affair for the stars of the show. The rattlesnakes gathered for these spectacles usually ende [...]
Python Abandoned in Front of Home in Scotland
The Scottish SPCA is currently caring for the snake. [...]
Snake Thief Wanted By Colorado Police
A man stole a piebald python from a Petsmart in Glendale, Colorado [...]
Aussie Snake Breeder Hatches Two-Headed Coastal Carpet Python
The two-headed coastal carpet python share the same body but different necks. [...]
Former Major Leaguer Glenn Hubbard To Get His Own Boa Constrictor Loving Bobblehead
Hubbard, who played in the Majors in the 1980s took his all star photo with a boa constrictor on his shoulders [...]
Ball Python Dumped In Trash At Philadelphia Train Station
Don't throw out your snakes, adopt them out. [...]
City Of Norman In Oklahoma Considers Python And Boa Ban
Estimates put 800 to 1,200 people in jeopardy of losing their pet snakes. [...]
Comedian Kevin Hart Freaks As Ice Cube Handles A Black-headed Python
“Look at that face look at that face? Why his face all black like that? Cube’s about to die!” [...]
Two Green Anacondas Found On Florida’s Space Coast
The snakes are presumed to be pets at one point [...]
Dead 17-Foot Reticulated Python Found in Riverside Calif. Trash Dump
It is illegal in Riverside, Calif. to dump dead pets in the regular trash. [...]
Family Claims "Disney" Snake Bit Boy, Grandmother Died as Result
A family from Alabama visiting Disney’s Animal Kingdom in October 2014 claims that a snake that escaped from the theme park bit their boy, which [...]
Yellow-Bellied Sea Snake Washes Ashore In San Diego
The sea snake most likely got caught in the cooler waters off the coast. [...]
