A royal python has been rescued after it was found in a woodland area near Milnthorpe. Cumbria Police received a report from a member of public about the 4ft (1.2m) snake curled up beside Leighton ...

If the python were abandoned, it would point to problems that began long before the rescue.

A ball python, also called the royal python, is a less troublesome cousin to the Burmese, and has been eating its way through the Everglades for decades. Ball pythons are native to west sub Saharan ...