The African rock python, one of the largest and most powerful snakes on Earth, has a reputation that stretches far beyond its size. Capable of consuming prey as large as impalas, hyenas, and even ...

These huge snakes lived in the tropical rainforests of South America approximately 60 million years ago and would have been ...

Another snake you are likely to come across at Karura is the Peter's worm snake, a very small snake often no thicker than a ...

Burmese pythons are not the only large invasive constrictor slithering through the Everglades, Florida wildlife officials also search for the Northern African rock python. According to the Florida ...

Most snake species are solitary hunters, but there is a rare and remarkable group, however, which hunts in teams. Some species of snakes collaborate with the rest of their species members to overwhelm ...

Footage from South Africa has shown the horrifying moment a python consumed the carcass of an impala on a game reserve. The video, uploaded to YouTube on January 15, has clocked over 22,000 hits. It ...

When you think of snakes, you may be most concerned about whether the snake is venomous or not. Rattlesnakes in the United States are very venomous; the Black Mamba is an extremely venomous snake in ...

Indian rock python. Python molurus is a non-venomous python species. The heart of the African Rock Python enlarges when it swallows an animal, like a whole gazelle, but later contracts to the normal ...