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Residents of downtown Los Angeles were recently shocked to discover a gigantic 20-foot python in a dumpster near an apartment complex. Locals originally thought the snake was fake, but further ...

Burmese pythons are spreading northward from their established breeding range in the Florida Everglades. Crossbreeding with Indian rock pythons have allowed them to expand their territory. In Palm ...

It’s tricky to measure a snake, especially in the wild, says Beki Hooper. Given that they are, basically, one long line, this might be a bit of a surprise, but snakes rarely cooperate with a ruler – ...

ROCHESTER — Located at Postal Center USA at 39 South Main Street, Parcel the Python is a creative project involving the entire community. Kristen Cadwallader, owner of the postal center, said the ...

Snakes might not top everyone’s list of favorite creatures, but there’s no denying they’ve mastered the art of growing long, heavy, and—let’s be honest—pretty intimidating. A few are so big their ...

Video from a national park in Uganda depicted a parade of predatory species feeding on and dispersing fruit bats that are known natural reservoirs of infectious diseases. By Anthony Ham Bats carry an ...

A new study reveals that the aerobic nitrogen cycle in the ocean may have occurred about 100 million years before oxygen began to significantly accumulate in the atmosphere, based on nitrogen isotope ...

In the early 1970s, South African summer sun searing his back, 14-year-old Stephen Townley Bassett dutifully followed his uncle into the shade offered by one of myriad caves dotted among the Cederberg ...

A reticulated python looks out from a tank Friday at Cedar Rapids Animal Care & Control. After the agency held the python for five days in case anyone claimed it, it was transferred over the weekend ...