A silver Toyota pickup rolled toward the outbound lanes at the Anzalduas International Bridge like any other southfacing car on the Texas border. To Customs and Border Patrol officers, it didn’t look ...

MISSION, Texas (KVEO) – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Texas arrested a driver accused of trying to smuggle more than 160 exotic animals, including reptiles and arthropods, into Mexico ...

U.S. border agents had a zoo on their hands last week. Over 160 living reptile and bug species hidden in jars and bags, including pythons, frogs and tarantulas, were confiscated by the U.S. Customs ...

SAN ANTONIO — Twenty-four royal pythons, 11 spotted salamanders, four tarantulas, three bearded dragons—that's just some of the dozens and dozens of reptiles that U.S. Customs and Border Protection ...

Border officials announced Tuesday they had intercepted a vehicle carrying 163 reptiles and arthropods — invertebrates that include spiders, scorpions and centipedes — as it tried to cross the border ...

JAMESTOWN, R.I. (WPRI) — A ball python was spotted at Beavertail State Park in Jamestown, and after several months of searching, the snake has finally been captured. The Rhode Island Department of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. More than 4,200 species of snakes exist on the planet and ...

It was about 2 in the morning when Claudilio Cruz, a member of a road crew spreading asphalt on U.S. 1 in the affluent Miami suburb of Pinecrest, heard frantic honking. When he looked up he was ...

Sept. 26 (UPI) --Animal rescuers in New York said they captured a 4-foot ball python in a Queens park -- but two more of the snakes are still on the loose in the area. Rescue group Puppy Kitty NYC ...

COVENTRY, Conn. (WFSB) - Police in Coventry are asking for the public’s help in locating the owner of a 9-foot albino Burmese python found earlier this week. According to the Coventry Police ...

An Albino Burmese Python was found in Coventry on Monday and police are looking for the owner. Officers said the snake was found near South River Road and Talcott Hill Road. Stream Connecticut News ...

A ball python, also called the royal python, is a less troublesome cousin to the Burmese, and has been eating its way through the Everglades for decades. Ball pythons are native to west sub Saharan ...