Burmese pythons are unwanted and taking over the Everglades. An estimated half a million of these snakes are decimating the natural ecosystem by eating the native mammals like deer, bobcats, squirrels ...

Tourists from Morocco and India are familiar with such scenes: A snake charmer plays the flute, a cobra rises from its basket and seems to move to the rhythm of the music. But do snakes really dance ...

I grew up in the Maryland suburbs and spent much of my childhood in the woods. I would turn over rocks to find shiny ...

“If you look at the iguana, there’s a circle on the side of its head that’s actually a really good aiming point,” he says.

Other near universal welfare issues among small pets — which apply to our cats and dogs, too — include monotonous and unnatural diets, boredom, and lack of enrichment. Pierce said that handling can ...

Beneath Indonesia’s dense forests, a female reticulated python was found that stretched an astonishing 7.22 metres (23 feet 8 ...

In the annals of record-breaking animals, there is big, and then there is Florida python big. Leave it to a professional ...

When parts of the south sit below 50°F for hours, cold-blooded life slows, hides, or tumbles into the headlines. Iguanas lose ...

The tragic death of fast-rising singer Ifunanya Nwangene, who died at the weekend after being bitten by a snake in Lugbe, Abuja, ...

Most people don’t expect a snake to have a public career or a retirement plan. Yet Lady Gaga, an albino carpet python living ...

Carl Jackson has only been hunting snakes in Florida since June of 2025. He's off to a strong start with a near-record catch ...

The Temple of Pythons in Benin is a sacred site deeply connected to Vodun beliefs, where pythons are revered as symbols of ...