In my opinion, snakes have gotten a bum rap. Despite the unfortunate creepy reputation these lanky reptiles have earned, many species of snakes can make beautiful, docile, and hardy house pets! Of ...

Staff photo / Bob Coupland Benjamin Porter III of Campbell, left, gets to see a Burmese python up close with assistance from Raymond Beeman of Bristol and with Big Sal’s Feeder Farm in Vienna on ...

FREMONT — On the last Sunday of every month, Terra State Community College gets a little slimy as dozens of varieties of reptiles, amphibians, mammals and fish are sold at the BRM Reptile and Exotics ...

A ball python, also called the royal python, is a less troublesome cousin to the Burmese, and has been eating its way through the Everglades for decades. Ball pythons are native to west sub Saharan ...

LYCOMING COUNTY, Pa. — Local SPCAs are known for having dogs, cats, bunnies, and even guinea pigs, but the Lycoming County SPCA is currently home to a slithery creature. "We have had snakes, fish, ...

The Burmese python is one of the largest snakes in the world. Adult snakes caught in Florida are between 6 and 9 feet on average, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.