Maps Show Spread of Burmese Pythons as Hunting Challenge Begins

Burmese pythons spread beyond the Everglades as Florida's Python Challenge begins, offering $25,000 in prizes.
Local 12 WKRC Cincinnati

'The Baroness' python sets Guinness record as longest wild snake at nearly 24 feet

The head of the U.S. Export-Import Bank got a firsthand look Wednesday at one of Greater Cincinnati’s largest exporters. Man killed in Clermont County crash identified A three-vehicle crash in ...

Florida pythons are edible. There's just one big problem

Python tacos? Python pizza? 'Chicken of the Glades?' Florida considered making invasive snakes a food source. Then science ...

Robert Irwin's 'insane' snake rescue stuns fans: 'Most Australian thing ever'

Robert wanted to get a snake checked out at the vet and gave it a front-row seat for the journey. (Instagram/Robert Irwin) ...
Animal Welfare Institute

Growing Deception: Farms Mask Illicit Traffic in Wild Pythons

According to a new study published in the journal Biological Conservation, breeding farms in Indonesia are being used to launder thousands of illegally caught snakes each year. Authors Jessica Lyons ...

Snakes of Florida: 8 Species you're most likely to encounter and how to identify them

Florida has one of the richest populations of snakes in the United States since there are dozens of snake species that ...

U.S. Zoo Releases Over a Dozen Rare Snakes Into the Wild

A Louisiana zoo is giving one of the rarest snake species in North America a helping hand by releasing more than a dozen of ...