Guinness World Records recently confirmed that Ibu Baron, a reticulated python ( Malayopython reticulatus ), is believed to be the longest verifiably measured wild snake in the world. She was first ...

"This snake could easily swallow at least a calf, if not an adult cow," an explorer and natural history photographer said of the python ...

The South Florida Water Management District started its second year of the python elimination program. One hunter has stood ...

A Southern African python was safely rescued and relocated from a residential settlement near Tarentaalrand after taking a ...

TV20's Wildlife Wednesday reporter Vinny Mutone introduces us to a snake that has lived at the zoo since 1989, helping ...

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 ...

A recent study compiled over 500 incidents of cannibalism in more than 200 species of snakes, revealing that the behavior is ...

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 ...

Ophidiophobics, look away: things are about to get gnarly in a very snakey way. Snakes are, undeniably, demon animals. No, no ...