Picture this: you’re out hiking through a misty rainforest. After brushing aside some foliage, your heart leaps when a huge, powerful constrictor slithers by. Since the world’s most heavily-built ...

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — Friday Camp Lejeune issued a stern warning to Marines and others about having pet snakes. Not only can exotic animals cause many environmental problems, but having them as pets is ...

Photos of stormy weather throughout Central and Southside Virginia on March 16, 2026. Appalachian Power crews on standby as high winds and heavy rain threaten outages With severe weather rolling in, ...

Snake lovers near and far pointed out by e-mail and heated voice mails that the three-foot snake discovered in a San Jose couple’s driveway on Thursday afternoon was not a boa constrictor, but a ball ...

A pet boa constrictor named Pablo made a break for it Palm Beach County when his owner's wife went into labor.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

A man, who police said burglarized a pet store, wasn’t able to slither too far from the scene of the crime.Police said the man stole three snakes. But they weren’t your garden variety snakes. Police ...