The African rock python, one of the largest and most powerful snakes on Earth, has a reputation that stretches far beyond its size. Capable of consuming prey as large as impalas, hyenas, and even ...

Lunch time for this Southern African Python. PHOTO BY LEONIE FLANAGAN A Southern African python measuring just under four metres was captured eating a fully grown goose on a farm in Oribi Gorge on the ...

A conservationist has captured the extraordinary moment a cannibalistic black-headed python attacked and ate another snake of its own species while it was still alive. AWC sanctuary manager Nick Stock ...

One species of snake seems to be subscribing a bit too heavily to the idea that “you are what you eat”; in Far North Queensland, Australia, a black-headed python has been spotted snacking on another ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Cairns. Followed categories will be added to My News. Nick Stock, who is three months into his role as sanctuary manager at Australian Wildlife Sanctuary’s ...

Durban — A family that had just moved into their new home had an unexpected visitor when a four metre long southern African python slithered up a tree near their front door. This is according to ...

Emile Rencken with the rock python found on a resident's veranda in Port Edward. Emile Rencken (40) was kind enough to help remove the Southern African python, commonly known as a ‘rock python’, which ...

Robyn White is a Newsweek Nature Reporter based in London, UK. Her focus is reporting on wildlife, science and the environment. Robyn joined Newsweek in 2022 having previously worked at environmental ...

DURBAN - An African rock python, 4.4m long and weighing 29.8kg, turned out to be the culprit behind “stock theft” incidents at a Ladysmith home in recent weeks. Two Sundays ago, the owner of Ladysmith ...

A brave 5ft 2in pensioner tiptoed down to her kitchen in the pitch black armed with an oven tray to tackle a burglar – but instead met a giant 16ft python that she feared was going to Yorkshire ...