Reptiles - Page 33

July 23, 2021

Washington authorities find 8 pythons in park prompting city to plead: ‘Do not release pets into the wild!'

Police and animal control personnel in southern Washington state found eight nonnative pythons slithering around a recreational area on Thursday.

July 8, 2021

North Carolina owner of escaped zebra cobra facing 40 charges

Criminal summonses have been issued against a North Carolina snake owner after an escaped zebra cobra terrorized a Raleigh neighborhood last month.

July 8, 2021

Missing Burmese python that escaped Louisiana mall is found

A snake that went missing from the Mall of Louisiana's Blue Zoo Aquarium was found early Thursday morning.

June 29, 2021

Venomous zebra cobra loose on North Carolina streets

A zebra cobra is slithering through the streets of Raleigh, North Carolina.

April 2, 2021

Man charged with trafficking 'highly venomous' snakes out of Georgia home

A South Carolina man is being accused of trafficking “highly venomous snakes” and other reptiles out of his home in Georgia, the Justice Department says. 

February 26, 2021

Florida restricts some exotic reptiles

Pythons, iguanas, monitor lizards, oh my! Florida is moving to restrict 16 invasive reptile species that have wreaked havoc in the Everglades and across the state.

February 25, 2021

Salmonella outbreak in Pennsylvania linked to this: officials

Small pet turtles are behind a salmonella outbreak in Pennsylvania, according to state health officials who said at least one person has died as a result. 

February 10, 2021

Florida cousins wrangle massive python on their property: 'My God! What a snake!'

Two Florida cousins say they have wrangled a 300-pound, 16-foot-long Burmese python on their family property outside of Tampa. 

December 24, 2020

16-foot crocodile nicknamed 'swamp king' was Earth’s terror millions of years ago

An enormous 16-foot long crocodile nicknamed the "swamp king" that terrorized ancient waters a few million years ago has been identified.

December 16, 2020

Python-sniffing dogs in Florida start successfully tracking invasive species

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has been training dogs to track down pythons for more than a month.