NEW YORK — Pythons are bashed with hammers, impaled on hooks and skinned alive to provide skins used by French luxury brand Gucci to craft handbags, shoes and belts that sell for hundreds if not ...

When choosing an animal print, women tend to plump for the most predatory option. Take from that what you will (or just take it with several grains of salt). Consider the leopard – stealthy, agile, ...

Illegally traded python skins worth $1 billion (€720 million) are being imported into Europe every year as weak regulation fails to stop illicit traders capitalising on demand for the dramatically ...

The blood python, a non-venomous constrictor from Southeast Asia, is known for its striking colors and muscular build. Once considered aggressive due to wild-caught specimens, captive-bred blood ...

An 'influential' Instagram star who admitted importing and selling fashion accessories made of endangered python skin has been warned she could face up to seven years in jail. Rich kid Stephanie ...

On a fall day in Gainesville, Georgia, Justin Kobylka, the forty-two-year-old owner of Kinova Reptiles, was preparing to cut open two clutches of snake eggs. He was hoping to hit upon some valuable, ...