Inspector Drew Milne of the British Columbia Conservation Officer Service likened it to finding a needle in a haystack — the ...

Bizarrely, it’s the second search for a boa constrictor on Vancouver Island in the past month, after a 1.8-metre boa named ...

It's time to get up close and personal with snakes. Celebrate World Snake Day at Irvine Nature Center in Baltimore County.

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Forget fangs full of venom — the backsides of serpents pack secretions volatile enough to kill insect invaders.

Search for another Vancouver Island boa constrictor prompts warning about exotic pets The unusual cases have prompted a warning from Sara Dubois, the British Columbia SPCA's senior director for ...

Customs officers said they stopped a plane passenger with a wriggling cargo of live snakes, the third such seizure this month.

This snake, a boa constrictor imperator, is native to Central and South America, and can grow 4 to 8 feet. They are nonvenomous, and the snake could have been pet that escaped or got dumped. The only ...