A family in Cleveland, Australia, called in a professional snake catcher to remove the reptile Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has ...

What is a ball python snake? And why isn't this 'nice cousin' to the Burmese hunted in Florida? We explain the details.

Despite finding the slithery creatures “cute and cuddly,” snake experts in the area still frown upon owning venomous snakes ...

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 KZN snake expert has called on people not to release pet ball pythons into the wild after an increase in sightings of this non-indigenous, harmless snake in and around Durban. Crocworld Conservation ...

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

Snake Yoga incorporates live ball pythons into the class. A yoga studio in Costa Mesa, Calif., offers “Snake Yoga,” where participants not only handle a live ball python, but let it slither across ...

If you are looking to get a pet snake it’s first important to get all the equipment you need - we’re talking a fully-equpped ...

Got a hankering to adopt a pet that will hug you back — and we mean really hug? The Peninsula Humane Society and SPCA in Burlingame just might have what you’re looking for. The shelter is awash in ...

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