A team of UC Irvine researchers has found that pythons use significantly more energy to digest proteins than they do carbohydrates, revealing that metabolic rates needed for digestion are based on the ...

The European Commission has proposed a limit for Salmonella in reptile meat. The EC said considering the potential significant health risk posed by the possible presence of Salmonella in reptile meat, ...

MIAMI — A nationwide ban on importing four giant snake species or transporting them across state lines is costing reptile breeders, handlers, hobbyists and vendors millions and should be overturned, ...

In the last decade, invasive Burmese pythons have done the unthinkable: challenge the American alligator at the top of the Everglades food chain. The explosive spread will be featured in a series of ...

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Researchers on Thursday published a study about python farming in Scientific Reports and, according to their report, the massive snakes have the potential to address a global problem. The study, ...

Reptiles are becoming increasingly popular as pets. The number of reptile pets, such as lizards, turtles and snakes, has doubled in the past ten years. Researchers recently showed that grasshoppers ...