Across South Florida, giant snakes that once seemed like exotic escapees are now entrenched residents, reshaping ecosystems ...

A word of warning: If you’re afraid of snakes or blood-sucking insects, then this video showing a giant python being eaten alive by hundreds of ticks will almost assuredly give you the creeps. It’s ...

Tracking a single male python through protected wetlands led biologists to one of the largest breeding females captured this year.

Ian Bartoszek (right) and research partner Ian Easterling hold up a large female python located by tracking one of their male scout snakes. These male pythons are used to help locate the big females ...

A wildlife ecologist in South Australia’s Gawler Ranges National Park recently documented a rare encounter with a massive carpet python that slithered across the open landscape. Tali Moyle’s sighting ...

It may seem a bit like a bad horror movie. But a giant python can swallow a person whole if given the opportunity. There have been cases in the past, and this sad story highlights just how deadly the ...

After 12 years of tracking and hunting Burmese pythons in South Florida, it takes a lot to get Ian Bartoszek riled. A wildlife biologist and the science coordinator for the Conservancy of Southwest ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Among the numerous snakes on planet Earth, pythons are well known ...

A snake in southern California was craving more than rodents and birds this week, so it stopped at an In-N-Out Burger drive-thru to get some grub. An employee at the burger chain’s Monrovia location ...

TALISAY, Philippines — Typhoons apparently cause all sorts of critters to emerge and mingle with humans. The massive storm earlier this month prompted a python to slither through floodwaters in the ...

HOUMA, La. — Police Officer Donald Aubrey is more used to catching bad guys than giant reptiles. That didn’t stop him from springing into action when he answered a call for service in a Houma backyard ...