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.

When Brisbane resident Rachel Bloor woke up to discover a carpet python curled up on top of her, she was rattled. The two-and-a-half-metre snake crawled onto her bed late on Monday evening. When Ms ...

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 ...