Burmese pythons are an invasive species causing destruction in the Florida Everglades. The snakes have contributed to the decline of several small mammal populations. Estimates place the Burmese ...

A University of Florida study found that snake bites in the state are an understudied but avoidable risk. Most venomous snake bites in Florida occurred when people, primarily men, intentionally ...

JAMESTOWN, R.I. (WPRI) — A ball python was spotted at Beavertail State Park in Jamestown, and after several months of searching, the snake has finally been captured. The Rhode Island Department of ...

Residents call for change after two deadly crashes in New Bedford Two deadly crashes within days are fueling safety concerns in New Bedford. Fire heavily damages Bristol home A home in Bristol was ...

A coroner in Australia has ruled that a boy who died in 2021 would have likely survived if the snake bite he received had been medically treated. Instead, the boy’s father thought the 11-year-old had ...

A 7-year-old boy was left nursing a head wound after an encounter with a seemingly harmless snake took a violent turn. Usually when videos appear on the salty_craft_family Instagram page, they are ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. More than 4,200 species of snakes exist on the planet and ...

It stopped in for a bite. Fast food workers got a large-scale surprise when they spotted a massive python slithering around an In-N-Out burger joint in California. The non-venomous snake made its ...

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 ...

Florida couple Christina Kraus and Aaron Mann captured 87 invasive pythons from the Everglades in July, setting that month’s record and netting them thousands of dollars in payouts for helping remove ...

It’s one for the hiss-tory books! Three enormous ball pythons were spotted slithering through Queen’s Forest Park Thursday, including one that was nabbed — and named Kevin by rescuers — and two more ...

Sept. 23 (UPI) --A ball python found its way into the D.C. Fire and EMS Department's training academy and was safely apprehended by emergency personnel. The department said on social media that the ...