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

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

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

Snakes come in all different patterns and colors. With so many habitats, they have evolved to camouflage in with a diverse ...

Deep inside Indonesia’s forests, a rescued python stunned experts by stretching longer than any wild snake ever verified, ...

Quick Take Reticulated pythons are the longest snakes in the world, capable of reaching 20 feet or more and weighing well ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. There have been multiple documented incidents where large ...

The South Florida Water Management District started its second year of the python elimination program. One hunter has stood ...

A ball python, also called the royal python, is a less troublesome cousin to the Burmese, and has been eating its way through the Everglades for decades. Ball pythons are native to west sub Saharan ...

NAPLES, Fla. (WFLA) — Burmese pythons are unwanted and taking over the Everglades. An estimated half a million of these ...

When the weather gets cold in Florida, gators stop eating and iguanas start dropping. How do low temps affect the invasive ...

Florida’s invasive Burmese pythons can swallow native deer and alligators completely, according to a new study – as a jaw-dropping video showed one of the snakes taking down a deer in one gulp. A ...