This discovery led some rangers to believe that the quills may have punctured the serpent's digestive tract.

A snake owner was killed by an 8ft (2.4m) pet python he called his "baby", an inquest has heard. Daniel Brandon, 31, died from asphyxiation at his home near Basingstoke, Hampshire, on 25 August. One ...

Predators are often judged by the size of the animals they can overpower. Yet in the wild, a successful hunt does not always end with a successful meal. Sometimes the danger begins only after the ...