Learn how South Dakota chose the coyote as its state animal, from bounties and debate to resilience, Native lore, and Tootsie ...

An 11-foot python bit and strangled a man to death early Sunday morning in Brgy. Bolilao, Mandurriao, Iloilo City. According ...

A global legend, beer brand ambassador, and conservation influencer, the African bull elephant Super Tusker Craig passed away ...

Scientists recently discovered a new species of green anaconda in the Amazon rainforest. A new Nat Geo series shows the ...

The Minoans of Bronze Age Crete were unique in the Mediterranean for their rituals, including those pertaining to the snake ...

If they reach the ecosystem's carrying capacity in the Everglades, the pythons will spread, and that likely means into ...

There was some big snake news in 2025. Taylor Stanberry, a Naples native, was the 2025 Florida Python Challenge winner and the first woman to ever win the competition. She captured 60 of the invasive ...

It was one Christmas visitor that didn’t overstay its welcome. A Burmese python that had been spotted in a Miami-Dade neighborhood was removed just days before Christmas after a resident out for a ...

A 15-year-old first spotted the snake hanging out in the ceiling above a toilet in their home Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has ...

The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Officials is reminding residents to not release their pets into the wild after finding a ball python in Jamestown. Officials said the 3-foot ball python ...

A python that startled diners at a Monrovia In-N-Out drive-thru has been reunited with its owner, the Pasadena Humane Society said. The 4-foot-long, 3.6-pound snake was found on Tuesday at the newly ...

A large snake appears to be on the loose in the South Bay. A couple in a neighborhood on the Santa Clara-San Jose border discovered what looks to be a python in their backyard Wednesday evening. The ...