With hourly fees and per-snake bonuses, python contractors are helping remove invasive constrictors from the Everglades. Here’s what they make ...

Hungry snake caught swallowing another, even bigger snake headfirst. Many species of snakes are capable of swallowing prey much larger than themselves, such as deer, cows and even humans. However, ...

Learn how this non-venomous snake with no teeth scares away its enemies by mimicking more deadly snake species.

Discover how to identify copperheads and kingsnakes and see which serpent wins when these two powerful predators face off in the wild.

Three large pythons were spotted in Forest Park, Queens earlier this week. So far, only one of them has been caught.

The Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation (SCCF) reported that there has been no shortage of surprises and changes to ...

Moles are often blamed for tearing up a yard when tunneling to trap their earthworm prey, and the eastern mole kingsnake helps keep moles in check by eating them. North Carolina is home to about 37 ...

When an iguana crawled from a burrowing owl nest, John Johnson picked up his air gun and started a war. The lizards never saw it coming ...

On Sept. 26, 1957, renowned herpetologist and Field Museum curator emeritus Karl Patterson Schmidt died from a snakebite. He documented the process in meticulous, graphic detail.

Meet Alabama’s longest snake: a gentle giant that hunts rattlesnakes, lives in sandy burrows and is protected by law. Have ...

Federal and state programs contract with members of the public to become paid python hunters and combat the invasive snakes ...