A carpet python, photographed at Perth Zoo. From this angle, you can clearly see the heat-seeking pits on the lower jaw. The python uses these to detect the body heat of its warm-blooded prey.

A picture of a carpet python eating a pet cat north of Brisbane has emerged as a Queensland snake catcher weighs in on the owner’s heartbreaking decision to let the meal continue. A renowned snake ...

Murray-Darling carpet python populations in South Australia have declined due to loss of habitat and predation. Trials using conservation detection dogs to find the snakes in the Riverland have so far ...