Benalla, Australia, Oct. 17, 2011 -- Carpet manufacturer Godfrey Hirst is shutting its Benalla factory. Benalla Spinners has been owned by Godfrey Hirst since 1993. Godfrey Hirst said demand for wool ...

In the middle of the night on Monday, Rachel Bloor stirred in her bed to find a heavy weight curled up on her chest. Half asleep, she reached out for her dog - and instead found herself petting a ...

"I thought if my Dalmatian realises that there's a snake there... it's gonna be carnage," she told the BBC. A woman in Australia recently woke up in the worst way imaginable. Brisbane resident Rachel ...

In the middle of the night on Monday, Rachel Bloor stirred in her bed to find a heavy weight curled up on her chest. Half asleep, she reached out for her dog - and instead found herself petting a ...

On Sunday night, Kevin McMahon shared images of the python consuming the large marsupial on social media. “Keep your cats inside at night Mission Beach residents,” he posted. “This is a full size ...

To the surprise of Dylan Wallis, Head of Reptiles at the Australian Reptile Park, the snake was a coastal carpet python, a snake typically found throughout Queensland and far northern NSW. Anthony, ...

Sydney - Scrub pythons, which can grow to 7m, are getting a taste for domestic cats in the far-north Queensland city of Cairns. Nine cats have gone missing in the past five weeks, snake wrangler David ...

Residents of downtown Los Angeles were recently shocked to discover a gigantic 20-foot python in a dumpster near an apartment complex. Locals originally thought the snake was fake, but further ...

Adults are typically ~1.5-2.5 m total length, but large individuals can reach ~4.0 m (regional forms vary greatly; refs: Australian Museum; Reptile Database).