Category: Snake Information & News
Carnegie Mellon Researchers Develop Snake Robot That Wraps Around Objects
U.S. Army Research Lab funds the use of accelerometers to enable snake robot to wrap around an object on contact. [...]
Texas Woman Douses Snake With Gas And Sets It On Fire, Burns Her House Down
Burning snake crawls under brush pile which ignites and spreads to her home. [...]
Puma Releases SNAKE COM.A Sneakers To Celebrate Year Of The Snake
Shoes include a snakeskin-like print on the stripe and snake character on insole. [...]
Gucci Fashion Execs Attend CITES Conference To Drum Up Support For Python Skin Tracking
Gucci is working on a system to track python skins from "marsh to market." [...]
Madagascar Big-Eyed Snake And Chameleon Encounter Turns Deadly
Video captured of Mimophis mahfalensis eating a chameleon in Andasibe-Mantadia National Park. [...]
Check Your Local Zoos For Year Of The Snake Celebrations
Zoos across America will be celebrating Chinese New Year. [...]
Python Challenge Update: 27 Pythons Captured
Florida Senator Bill Nelson joins hunt for Burmese pythons. [...]
Golden Girl Receives Boa Constrictor For Her 91st Birthday
Actress Betty White worked with Jacob the Boa in 2011. [...]
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
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
Imantodes chocoensis hails from the Chocoan forests of northwestern Ecuador. [...]
University Of Florida And USDA Wildlife Services Study Contradicts USGS Python Climate Projections
Growing Evidence Suggest Struggling Florida Pythons Won't Expand North [...]
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
Guinness World Record snake named Medusa measures 25 feet, 2 inches and weighs 350 pounds [...]
Snakes Evolved From Blind Underground Dwelling Reptiles
Today's snakes have been traced to a group of blind snakes called scolecophidians. [...]
Alabama Woman's Missing Python Found Alive And Well
Rogue was found in the woods near woman's home. [...]
Researchers Identify Virus Attacking Captive Bred Boa Constrictors And Pythons
Arenaviruses seen as culprit affecting captive bred snakes. [...]
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
More than 50 species on display at Reptile Walk, including two critically endangered female Chinese alligators. [...]
U.S. Fish And Wildlife Service Supports First Major Conservation Assessment Of Asian Snakes
IUCN adds 348 species of snakes to its Red List. [...]
USARK Legal Action Against FWS Constrictor Rule
USARK goal is to raise $250,000 between now and the end of the year. [...]
