This was another close encounter I got to have at the @sandiegozoo Safari Park. It was an up-close and VERY personal meeting with Julius Squeezer who is a 13 foot long, 95 pound Burmese Python.

Animals that rely exclusively on parthenogenesis to reproduce, like the flowerpot snake, are called obligate parthenogens, ...

Can you imagine a thick, 18-foot-long Burmese python slithering past your golf cart in Florida? It could happen! Burmese ...

The Dallas City Council was briefed yesterday on staff’s preliminary work on next year’s budget, which will likely be adopted in August or September. The city is currently facing a $6.5 million ...

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For Elmer Pillon (@captainelmerpillon), a boat captain and former ESPN X Games athlete, coming face-to-face with a Burmese ...

Burmese pythons are nonvenomous, but they're one of the most destructive invasive species in Florida. Can you shoot them?

Florida's 1.3 million alligators enjoy a varied, opportunistic diet, including snakes. Do gators eat invasive Burmese pythons ...

The quake that struck one month ago on Monday reduced it to a heap of shapeless masonry, half burying the snake’s bowing head. “I cried out to pray that Nagayon Pagoda would save me when the quake ...

One month after a devastating earthquake rocked Myanmar, some victims' bodies still ... but they still worry about dengue fever, snake bites and basic hygiene. Litter is scattered about.

Herpetologist Fred Kraus discovered a new arboreal snake species, Dendrelaphis atra, on Misima Island in Papua New Guinea. This snake, characterized by its matte black coloration and adaptability ...

When a massive earthquake hit Myanmar last month ... Monday reduced it to a heap of shapeless masonry, half burying the snake's bowing head. "I cried out to pray that Nagayon Pagoda would save ...