Vigil held for brothers killed by snake in Canada - video

A snake has killed two boys in Canada after escaping its cage at a pet shop in Campbellton, New Brunswick

Workers at a motel in Brantford, Canada, find 40 pythons in an abandoned room

The great-uncle of two Canadian brothers strangled by a pet python describes them as typical children who 'enjoyed life to the maximum'

Scrub python spotted out of the window as it emerged from opening in wing assembly and clung on until landing

An irate snake charmer let dozens of snakes, including cobras, inside a revenue department office in northern India in protest against alleged demands for bribes by officials

Britain's rarest reptile lives only in small pockets of southern England. Bad news for them, good news for lizards

Snake handler Saintilus Resilus is a performance artist who exhibits snakes and other animals which Haitians don't see every day, earning tips from impromptu audiences. Peak season for Saintilus is the pre-Lenten Carnival

This increasingly scarce and timid reptile likes vegetated and damp habitats. And it can play a rather clever trick on predators ...