Most headlines about invasive species focus on snakes. Burmese pythons in Florida, brown tree snakes in Guam, and Boa ...

Burmese pythons can also swallow much bigger prey, due to their ability to open their flexible jaws even wider than their ...

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 ...

Five previously unknown tree-dwelling snake species, including one named in honor of Leonardo DiCaprio's mother, were found ...

Tourism at a cave swarming with bats known to have transmitted a deadly fever disease? The popularity of Uganda's Python Cave points to yet another way interactions at the animal-human interface—where ...

Snake oil: a product that promises everything and delivers nothing. Are red light therapy and saunas in this class of ...

Discover what the national bird of Mexico is and how it came to hold so much importance for this nation, along with facts ...

A tense moment unfolds when a hidden snake suddenly turns aggressive. What seemed like a controlled situation quickly spirals ...

As the zoo celebrates its 200th birthday, photographer David Levene captures the people keeping their (sometimes very dangerous) patients healthy and happy. Introduction: Patrick Barkham ...

Invasive Asian swamp eels are spreading in South Florida canals. UF wants the public's help to track this threat to native ...