While attention usually focuses on the Burmese python population wreaking havoc across the Florida Everglades and slithering its way north, green anacondas and boa constrictors also have been seen ...

Are pythons aggressive toward humans when captured? FWC: Burmese pythons are a cryptic species and, similar to other snake species, their first defense is to blend in with the environment. When ...

A handful of Naples snake hunters and their 19-foot trophy Burmese python made international headlines in the past week or so as the snake is thought to be the longest Burmese python caught in the ...

Both the Green tree python and the Emerald tree boa are huge green snakes, and though they belong to entirely distinct genera ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. There have been multiple documented incidents where large ...

People at the University of Colorado Boulder thought Leslie Leinwand had lost her mind when she decided to start studying snakes nearly 20 years ago. It was a research paper that sparked her interest ...

The 2025 Florida Python Challenge aims to remove invasive Burmese pythons, which pose a threat to the Everglades ecosystem. While Burmese pythons are not venomous, their bites can be painful and cause ...