Cottonmouths and water moccasins are not two different snakes. They are two common names for the same venomous species, ...

In the annals of record-breaking animals, there is big, and then there is Florida python big. Leave it to a professional ...

Our usual Pet of the Week segment will return next week. Meanwhile, Snake River Animal Shelter vet Kasey Sweeney, has a few ...

Burmese pythons spread beyond the Everglades as Florida's Python Challenge begins, offering $25,000 in prizes.

Florida has one of the richest populations of snakes in the United States since there are dozens of snake species that ...

CBS 8's Richard Allyn speaks with the Lakeside pet store owner after an 8-year-old allegedly stole a snake after breaking ...

A Lakeside pet store owner says she is still trying to make sense of what happened after an 8-year-old allegedly broke into ...

An emergency vet shares how to spot a rattlesnake bite on your dog and what to do if your pet is bitten on the trail.

In the coastal marshes of Charlotte County, where rivers meet the Gulf waters of Charlotte Harbor, a troubling new chapter in ...

A Burmese python curled up inside a tractor-trailer engine near a Miami home is the kind of shocking discovery that can make ...

A giant snake once kept as an exotic pet can become a serious ecological problem when it enters the wrong environment. In the ...

An 8-year-old boy was accused of breaking into an East County pet store and stealing an expensive snake, causing over $2,000 ...