One of two snakes abandoned outside a Newmarket reptile store the morning of July 17 has died and the other is in “rough shape”, York Regional Police Const. Andy Pattenden said. The snakes were ...

RCMP said the snake is an African rock python, as long as 4.5 metres and weighing approximately 45 kg. The non-venomous snake typically kills by constricting its victims.

Snake hunters across Florida are participating in the annual “Python Challenge.” The goal of the 10-day event is to remove invasive Burmese pythons from the state.

And while studying and researching the reptiles is part of the Conservancy’s wider focus, the main goal of its python program is to remove as many snakes from the landscape as possible. Led by ...