Fossil reveals that a giant python over 4 meters long once lived in Taiwan. The discovery rewrites the island's natural history.

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After following all of the official rules and regulations, Freddy and Mike dressed to kill—in their knee-high snake boots, camouflage pants, and safari vests—and set out on The Great Python Safari.

A research team led by scientists at the Butantan Institute in São Paulo, Brazil, has completed the most extensive genetic sequencing of a jararaca viper to date. The focus of the study was the genome ...

The South Florida Water Management District is in its second year of managing a Python Removal Program. Winners win cash prizes.

Firefighters in Florida came to the rescue of a large, yellow pet python that slithered into the dashboard of a car and wouldn't come out.

When the results from skin tests came back, they revealed snake fungal disease, caused by Ophidiomyces ophidiicola, an ...

About 20 miles off Brazil’s southeastern coast, there’s a 106-acre island that most people will never see in person. Ilha da Queimada Grande, part of the State of São Paulo, has earned a reputation as ...

A snake that looks similar to and sounds like a rattlesnake but isn't a rattlesnake? Meet the gopher snake, the biggest snake ...