This snake in an Australian suburb was carrying an astonishing number of parasitic hitchhikers. Trump orders release of ...

This video documents the immediate response after a 19-foot python escapes from its enclosure. Cameras follow the realization phase as staff identify signs that the animal is no longer contained.

A Brisbane woman calmly removed an 8-foot carpet python from her bedroom after waking to find the non-venomous snake on top ...

Crowds of two-legged Arkansans met some new four-legged and no-legged friends Saturday during the Show Me Reptile Show at the ...

Pythons can tolerate saltwater and freshwater and have been observed swimming in Florida Bay and Biscayne Bay.

This ancient, leg-bearing snake is rewriting the story of how serpents slithered, and sometimes walked, their way through evolutionary history.

A strange Jurassic lizard discovered on Scotland’s Isle of Skye is shaking up what we know about snake evolution. Named Breugnathair elgolensis, the “false snake of Elgol” combined hook-like, ...

Burmese pythons, one of the largest snake species in the world, could be the most destructive invasive animal in Florida Everglades history. They can swim, burrow and climb trees, and they eat almost ...

If you go to a show at The Secret Group and see a sign saying “No Snakes Allowed,” this is the story of why. On May 25, The Secret Group in EaDo was hosting its regular “Late Night Dirty Show,” an ...

The captured snake, named Kevin, has already found a rescue placement Bailey Richards is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023 and interned with the brand in 2022. Her ...

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 ...

Taylor Stanberry of Naples took home first place in the 2025 Florida Python Challenge. She catches invasive Burmese pythons year-round as a contractor with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ...