Exotic animal smuggling is on the rise across the border, according to CBP. U.S. border agents had a zoo on their hands last week. Over 160 living reptile and bug species hidden in jars and bags, ...

Lizards and frogs and snakes, oh my! More than 160 creepy-crawlers — including tarantulas, centipedes, and two dozen pythons — were confiscated from a truck trying to cross the Texas border into ...

U.S. border agents had a zoo on their hands last week. Over 160 living reptile and bug species hidden in jars and bags, including pythons, frogs and tarantulas, were confiscated by the U.S. Customs ...

SAN ANTONIO — Twenty-four royal pythons, 11 spotted salamanders, four tarantulas, three bearded dragons—that's just some of the dozens and dozens of reptiles that U.S. Customs and Border Protection ...

Border officials announced Tuesday they had intercepted a vehicle carrying 163 reptiles and arthropods — invertebrates that include spiders, scorpions and centipedes — as it tried to cross the border ...

A Mexican citizen is facing federal goods smuggling charges after getting caught allegedly attempting to smuggle more than 160 reptiles and other animals through a South Texas border crossing into ...