This large python has found an antelope. After squeezing it to death, he starts to swallow it, only he has found himself in ...

The Florida Python Challenge is arguably the most well-known and well-attended snake hunt in the country. And according to the results released Wednesday, the 2025 Challenge that took place in July ...

The language children hear about snakes may shape their fear and attitudes, but simple exposure can soften that effect.

No one should be surprised that among her many talents, Amy Siewe can draw a crowd. On Feb. 5 Siewe spent a rare day away from the Everglades where she hunts the invasive and destructive Burmese ...

A study of more than 100 kindergarten-age children suggests kids tend to think of snakes differently than they do other animals and that hearing negative or objectifying language about the slithery ...

The 2025 Florida Python Challenge, a competition to remove invasive Burmese pythons, runs from July 11 to 20. The challenge aims to raise public awareness and encourage reporting of python sightings.

Snakes "smell" with their forked tongues, collecting scent particles to analyze with their Jacobson's organ. Snakes don't have external ears. They sense vibrations through their jawbone and inner ear.

Credit: Craig Cordier / Shutterstock.) Snakes are scary! Or are they? Of the roughly 4,000 snake species in the world, no more than 15 percent are venomous. And unless you live in tropical wilds, your ...