Snake News

Snakes I have known, is a nice dramatic title. It makes me sound like a friendly herpetologist.

An ordeal in which two large snakes went missing in a Freeland home has prompted borough officials to propose banning exotic animals from becoming pets.

MedPage Today : Those tiny turtles banned from sale in the U.S. because of their potential to transmit Salmonella are still on pet store shelves and have been linked to disease outbreaks, researchers say.

Florida's problem with abandoning exotic pet snakes is getting more attention in Seminole County.

Watch out, animals of South Florida: It's a wild world out there. There are five species of foreign snakes just waiting to eat you.

There's a new Obama burger in D.C. But it's not named for the president. The new patty is the "Michelle Melt." Chef Spike Mendelsohn served up the Michelle Melt yesterday at the Good Stuff Eatery.

Should you buy your Child a Pet Snake? >> Posted By daducha 21 hours, 46 minutes ago in Family Beautiful as well as fascinating, snakes have become increasingly popular in recent years.

A giant snake is on the loose in eastern Hillsborough County, but wildlife officials say they are not going after it.

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For more than a decade, Michael Hall has been raising two Burmese pythons. His 17-foot long female he named Zena and the 11-foot long male he named Bivit.

It seems like a lot of people who live here in Fish Springs are afraid of snakes, while others pet them.

"Hope he doesn't sound too bad," we thought when adorable 10-year-old Jovinski Thorne promised to "dazzle" us with his singing.

On Saturday, October 24th, bring mana s best friend to the East Lake Library in the East Lake area of Palm Harbor.

Fire crews responded to a home in Bethesda early Tuesday morning after a fire sparked upstairs.

A Florida mother was recently arrested for the death of her two year old daughter.

Molly Enck, 8, holds a black rat snake in Rowann Hoy's science lab classroom. N-J David Massey The science lab classroom of Rowann Hoy, left, buzzes with activity.

A STORE selling everything from specialised food for a pet python to a dog collar for a Pekinese - which opened two months ago - is already proving quite a success.

So there we were my dad and I, walking down Idaho Street on our way to lunch Monday afternoon and running toward us was a guy out for a noon-time jog.

When Tracey Connelly gave birth to Baby Peter in March 2006, she was delighted with the latest addition to her growing family.

Lee State Natural Area Interpretive Ranger Laura Kirk makes a point to let Maize, the park's resident corn snake, out of her aquarium for about 20 minutes every day.