How big they are: Can range from 4 inches (10 centimeters) to over 30 feet (9 meters) There are about 4,000 different snake species in the world today. They occupy a wide range of habitats — some ...

Heru, an experienced snake handler and tour guide, was leaning down to grab the snake when it pulled him into the water and started coiling around him. It took two other tour guides to wrestle the ...

The 2024 Florida Python Challenge is now underway. The annual competition aims to rid the Everglades of the Burmese python, an invasive species that poses a threat to the ecosystem. The snake hunt ...

Tracking a single male python through protected wetlands led biologists to one of the largest breeding females captured this year.