In the kind of nightmare scenario dreaded by anyone contemplating a visit to Australia, a woman in Brisbane woke up with a heavy weight on her chest, only to find that it was an 8ft-long python.

The Australian Conservation Foundation (AFC) conducted an analysis revealing that the federal government approved more than 57,000 hectares (140,850 acres) of threatened species habitat to be ...

Meet Lady Gaga, the albino carpet python celebrity whose retirement reveals what “aging gracefully” means for snakes.

A Brisbane woman calmly removed an 8-foot carpet python from her bedroom after waking to find the non-venomous snake on top of her chest Monday night.

Most people don’t expect a snake to have a public career or a retirement plan. Yet Lady Gaga, an albino carpet python living at Territory Wildlife Park near Darwin, has done both. For nearly two ...

A sleeping woman thought her dog had curled up atop her when feeling some weight, but her husband gave the shocking news with a warning, “Don’t move.” ...

Ms Rachel Bloor initially thought it was her labradoodle when she felt a heavy weight on her chest and stomach. Read more at ...

Authorities in Queensland, Australia, are investigating a possible animal-cruelty case after reviewing footage that showed children skipping rope with a python. The video appears to have been deleted, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An Australian ...