Snakes might not top everyone’s list of favorite creatures, but there’s no denying they’ve mastered the art of growing long, heavy, and—let’s be honest—pretty intimidating. A few are so big their ...

Record set in Florida: a 19-foot-long Burmese python is captured in Big Cypress, revealing new clues about the ecological ...

The Biggest Burmese Pythons Ever Captured in Florida—Including a New No. 1 In October of 1979, while on a first date, retired Florida park ranger Jam Massey found an 11-foot, 9-inch road-killed python ...

Burmese pythons are an invasive species established across more than a thousand square miles of South Florida, including ...

Three hunters recently captured a massive Burmese python in the Florida Everglades. Zach Hoffman, Jan Gianello and Justice Sargood caught the invasive snake near Everglades City just after midnight on ...

Snakes have always been a fascinating area of interest to us for centuries, often igniting fear for their slithering characteristics. Whether written about in ancient mythology, modern-day ...

The Florida Python Challenge 2025 is in full swing. The annual snake hunt started at 12:01 a.m. July 11. It will end at 5 p.m. July 20. Participants have until July 20 to kill as many Burmese pythons ...

THE NIGHT STARTED LIKE SO MANY OTHERS. I was cruising down U.S. 41 in my pickup truck, looking for snakes. I stood in the bed, shining a spotlight on the pavement, while my buddy Joe Sewell drove the ...

Snakes are fascinating reptiles that can be both captivating and frightening. They slither, stare, and sometimes strike. Venomous snakes, in particular, use specialized toxins for hunting and ...