Some of Florida’s opossums may soon start dying for a noble cause. A few select marsupials fitted with tracking collars may ...

Mistaken euthanasia during a python crackdown led to graphic scenes new state rules and a long legal fight over a rare ...

Docile, furry and cute to some, possums have become an unexpected ally in the effort to slow the invasion of Burmese pythons, ...

Carl Jackson caught a nearly 17-ft long Burmese python weighing over 200lbs as part of an effort to rid Florida of the ...

Researchers studying the extreme eating habits of pythons have discovered a unique compound in their blood that could be a ...

As temperatures rise across North Central Florida, more snakes are starting to appear in backyards, sidewalks and sometimes even inside homes. But before panic sets in, experts say most of these ...

The driver found the reptile the morning after a ride from a Philadelphia reptile show Exeter Township Police Department/Facebook A Pennsylvania Uber driver found a live ball python in his car after a ...

A Pennsylvania Uber driver woke up to a slithery surprise after picking up two passengers who attended a reptile show. Officers from the Exeter Township Police Department in Berks County were called ...

Bruce Jayne, a biologist at the University of Cincinnati, co-authored the new paper, which examined the locomotive abilities of three brown tree snakes (like the one pictured here) and a scrub python.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Emily Taylor has lived in California for 20 years and has never gotten as many calls about rattlesnakes as she did ...

You might think that human eating patterns have little in common with giant snakes that kill their prey by slowly suffocating it, swallowing it whole and then not eating again for another three weeks ...

What started as a routine walk on Monday along one of Atlanta's busiest trails quickly turned into something out of a movie. Joseph Ragland says he and his friends were heading back from dinner near ...