While this reptile can earn a bad reputation if it lives in your backyard, snakes remain popular pets to keep in the home to ...

THE world's biggest snake in captivity has died aged 35 after growing to 26ft and 300lbs. Tributes poured in for Goldie following her death, describing her as a "gentle giant". Goldie died at the ...

After its death almost 20 years later, the 4-foot-long animal caught the attention of another pair of scientists — and for good reason. It turned out to be a new species. Jakob Hallermann and Oliver ...

Goldie the python was believed to be among the biggest snakes in captivity at more than 25 feet in length, according to Skunkape Headquarters in Ochopee, Florida. Skunkape Headquarters photo A ...

Believed to be the largest snake in captivity, Goldie measured an estimated 25 to 26 feet long. Unlike the invasive Burmese pythons found in the Everglades, Goldie was a domesticated pet and not a ...

Ball pythons were long assumed to be solitary, but scientists discovered the snakes in captivity prefer each others’ company when given the chance to live socially. By Asher Elbein The ball ...

Guinness World Records reports the biggest reticulated python ever captured was 32 feet, 9.5 inches, and the longest living in captivity was a 25-foot, 2-inch snake that died in 2011 in Kansas ...

One snake was caught in the late 1980s, kept in captivity until 2006 and then donated to a German museum. The new species is a predator, mainly feeding on rodents but generally eating anything it ...