A nearly 4-foot-long ball python was captured at Camp Waiʻanae on O'ahu recently, and officials are warning that the person ...

Nahiku resident Roy Hanks was in for a surprise while cooking huli huli chicken Saturday just before lunch.

For many visitors, Hawaii's lack of snakes feels like an unusual travel fact rather than something with a deeper explanation. It is easy to assume the islands were simply fortunate. The reality ...

Roy Hanks was cooking at Hana Hawaiian BBQ on the island of Maui when he spotted the dead snake ...

Hawaii is not tolerant when it comes to snakes being brought to the islands, and the recent discovery (and prompt killing) of a gopher snake is a case in point. The state Department of Agriculture ...

HONOLULU (AP) — A snake stowed away in a man's bag and remained undetected until it completed the trip from Florida to Hawaii, officials said. The southern black racer snake slithered out of the man's ...

Packaging, shipping, and retail transport can move animals far beyond their native habitats.

It's illegal to possess and transport snakes in Hawaii because if the non-native reptiles were to gain a foothold it could be devastating for native wildlife. So when a gopher snake was discovered ...

HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - State agricultural inspectors are deploying snake traps and conducting searches in Hilo after a small non-venomous ball python was run over on a side road.

The snake was no thicker than a pen and no longer than a ruler — but it warranted a call to Maui police when it slithered out of a traveler’s bag this week, according to Hawaii officials. The reptile ...

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This is a picture of a boa constrictor at the El Salvador National Zoo in San Salvador, June 15, 2017. Getty Images/Oscar Rivera A Virginia man found a small snake slithering out of his backpack while ...