In just over a month, novice and professional python hunters will converge on the Everglades for the annual Florida Python ...

Research in Florida, South Carolina and Georgia suggests snakes could face catastrophe due to pathogen prevalence.

When python researchers Ian Bartoszek and Ian Easterling tracked a male “scout snake” with a radio transmitter, they expected him to lead them to a big female Burmese python. What they found was much ...

Michigan water snake species can be elusive, but you can spot them near the Great Lakes, and key rivers and streams.

Invasive Burmese pythons have been proliferating throughout South Florida for decades. Their exact origins cannot be pinpointed down to a single event but ...

Snakes Don't Just Slither—Some Can Fly, Cartwheel, and Move Like an Accordion ...

Bangkok — A 64-year-old woman was preparing to do her evening dishes at her home outside Bangkok when she felt a sharp pain in her thigh and looked down to see a huge python taking hold of her. "I was ...

A major survey of southeastern US snakes revealed widespread diseases caused by fungi, parasites, and bacteria. Nearly half ...

Snakes have adapted to climb trees, leap across hot sand, and even swim through water — all without arms or legs. What’s their secret? Mike Bock This corn snake, shown here at the Smithsonian's ...