A man calmly restrains a large python during a tense encounter, drawing attention for his steady handling of the snake.

Unlike most snakes, Dumeril’s boas give live birth, protecting embryos internally until fully developed neonates emerge.

Burmese pythons are unwanted and taking over the Everglades. An estimated half a million of these snakes are decimating the ...

Brevard Zoo goes to great lengths to keep its exotic animals, from sea turtles to sloths and Komodo dragons, warm during Florida's cold snap.

Some of the nearly 5,200 cold-stunned iguanas collected in South Florida were donated to an exotic leathers company and may ...

A professional snake hunter had his hands full earlier this month, as he grappled with the second-heaviest Burmese python ever caught in Florida. Carl Jackson, 43, was dragged 10 to 15 feet over red ...

A python hunter caught the second-heaviest Burmese python ever recorded in Florida, weighing 202 pounds. The 16-foot, 10-inch female python was captured in Big Cypress National Park with the help of ...

It was one Christmas visitor that didn’t overstay its welcome. A Burmese python that had been spotted in a Miami-Dade neighborhood was removed just days before Christmas after a resident out for a ...

"Florida is the Australia of the United States" is a loose internet proverb, one that alludes to their shared propensity for putting the "wild" in "wildlife." Although the footage was unsettling ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. More than 4,200 species of snakes exist on the planet and ...

If you go to a show at The Secret Group and see a sign saying "No Snakes Allowed," this is the story of why. On May 25, The Secret Group in EaDo was hosting its regular "Late Night Dirty Show," an ...