Burmese pythons are killing off mammals that would normally keep Florida's rat population in check. A new study found that parts of the Florida Everglades were becoming overrun with rats as a result.

Gruesome 3-D images of the insides of snakes, alligators and tarantulas have been captured with a new high-tech procedure. The digital images show for the first time the complete digestion cycle of a ...

WHEN AUBURN FIREFIGHTERS arrived at a fire in the attic of an apartment house in July, they were astonished by what they saw: more than 30 large ball python snakes, some of which were crawling around ...

LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. — Florida is full of interesting critters, and a driver recently found one nestled under the hood of their car. The Lee County Sheriff's Office posted on their Facebook page Tuesday ...

An injured ball python and a domestic rat are recovering after they were found abandoned at the Sooke Potholes on Monday.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — On a cold, gray winter day, Stephen Secor pulled into the driveway of David and Amber Nelson, who welcomed him into their converted basement, filled with stacks of refrigerator-size ...

The CRD Animal Shelter was contacted after the ball python, wrapped in a pillowcase, and roof rat were found in a box beside ...

The extreme metabolism of some snakes could provide leads on how to regenerate human tissue. Elanor, a Burmese python, feeding on a rat in the converted garage of David Nelson, who has several snakes ...