Guinness World Records recently confirmed that Ibu Baron, a reticulated python ( Malayopython reticulatus ), is believed to ...

"This snake could easily swallow at least a calf, if not an adult cow," an explorer and natural history photographer said of the python ...

A viral video shows a 20-foot reticulated python on a “walk in the park.” Is that safe or even good for the snake? Learn how ...

Discovery of record-length python in Sulawesi highlights threats and conservation efforts for giant snakes in Indonesia.

Paleontologists from National Taiwan University recently discovered a single python vertebra dating back 400,000 to 800,000 ...

Snakes may well be one of nature's greatest predators, capable of eating whole deer or even crocodiles, but just as ...

Coming face-to-face with a large snake is enough to make most people freeze. In this short video circulating online, however, two boys do the opposite — stepping in when they see a large python ...

Learn more about the impact our parents and negative language have on how we begin to think about snakes at a young age.

A study of more than 100 kindergarten-age children suggests kids tend to think of snakes differently than they do other animals and that hearing negative or objectifying language about the slithery ...

The language children hear about snakes may shape their fear and attitudes, but simple exposure can soften that effect.