Category: Snake Information & News

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Florida Fish And Wildlife Announces 2013 Python Challenge

Florida Fish And Wildlife Announces 2013 Python Challenge

Challenge aims to educate public about the impact the Burmese python has on the Everglades. [...]
Coon Rapids Snake Breeder Case Heads To Minnesota Court Of Appeals

Coon Rapids Snake Breeder Case Heads To Minnesota Court Of Appeals

Snake breeder takes case to higher court in attempt to save his business. [...]

Smuggled Cobra On Plane Bites Handler, Forces Emergency Landing

Jordanian apparently hid snake in carry-on bag during EgyptAir flight to Kuwait. [...]

U.S. Military Doctors Rely On Iranian Snake Antivenin When Soldiers Are Bit In Afghanistan

Iran's Razi antivenin is the preferred therapy when soldiers are bitten by venomous Afghan snakes [...]
New Species Of Ecuadorean Vine Snake Described

New Species Of Ecuadorean Vine Snake Described

Imantodes chocoensis hails from the Chocoan forests of northwestern Ecuador. [...]

Cockroach Eating Contest To Win Snake Leads To Death For Florida Man

Man consumed 30 giant cockroaches, vomited and collapsed at a reptile store. [...]
Reticulated Python From Kansas City, MO Is World’s Longest Snake

Reticulated Python From Kansas City, MO Is World’s Longest Snake

Guinness World Record snake named Medusa measures 25 feet, 2 inches and weighs 350 pounds [...]
Snakes Evolved From Blind Underground Dwelling Reptiles

Snakes Evolved From Blind Underground Dwelling Reptiles

Today's snakes have been traced to a group of blind snakes called scolecophidians. [...]
Study Says Reptile Venom Molecules Are Not Always Toxic

Study Says Reptile Venom Molecules Are Not Always Toxic

British study says reptile venom can evolve into harmless compounds that could lead to new drug discoveries. [...]
Constricting Snake Ban In West Fargo, ND Stands

Constricting Snake Ban In West Fargo, ND Stands

Resident Robert Butts III request to exempt constricting snakes from exotic animal ban denied. [...]
New Reptile Walk Opens At San Diego Zoo

New Reptile Walk Opens At San Diego Zoo

More than 50 species on display at Reptile Walk, including two critically endangered female Chinese alligators. [...]

USARK Legal Action Against FWS Constrictor Rule

USARK goal is to raise $250,000 between now and the end of the year. [...]
The Serpentarium In Lodi And Elk Grove, California

The Serpentarium In Lodi And Elk Grove, California

Ninety percent of store's 3,000 square feet is dedicated to reptiles. [...]
Three Louisiana Pine Snakes Released Into Kisatchie National Forest

Three Louisiana Pine Snakes Released Into Kisatchie National Forest

The last documented wild specimen was observed more than 10 years ago. [...]
Mayo Clinic Awarded $2.5 Million Grant To Study Use Of Snake Venom As Heart Treatment

Mayo Clinic Awarded $2.5 Million Grant To Study Use Of Snake Venom As Heart Treatment

Study to determine if medicine created with venom of green mamba can preserve cardiac and renal function. [...]
U.S. House Judiciary Committee Passes H.R. 511

U.S. House Judiciary Committee Passes H.R. 511

Resolution to ban four additional species of snakes has not yet been heard by full House of Representatives. [...]
Shocking Sights At Two Texas Rattlesnake Roundups

Shocking Sights At Two Texas Rattlesnake Roundups

Bonus content from the April 2012 REPTILES magazine article "Rattlesnake Roundups," by Todd Autry. [...]
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