The island of Guam has a snake problem. Though innocuous enough in appearance – slender with brownish or greenish coloration ...

Coming face-to-face with a large snake is enough to make most people freeze. In this short video circulating online, however, two boys do the opposite — stepping in when they see a large python ...

A cute video of an Amazon tree boa yawning went viral, but is it really yawning? Read here to learn more about why snakes yawn.

The monkey-eating bird is the common nickname for the Pithecophaga jefferyi, better known as the Philippine eagle. The name came from early reports th.

Every Sunday for more than 30 years, Bill Haast would release one of his king cobras on his lawn so that he could “fence” ...

The largest python ever recorded demonstrated how extreme growth is biologically possible in constrictor snakes Unlike venomous species pythons rely on muscular coils to suffocate prey before swallowi ...

The South Florida Water Management District started its second year of the python elimination program. One hunter has stood out.

The eastern diamondback rattlesnake is considered to be one of the most dangerous animals in the United States, while other ...

In this fun video, Carl Jackson and his children show off their near-record python catch using their own bodies for ...

A snake has no eyelids, so cannot blink. Its eyes are protected by a fixed type of scale that acts like a contact lens to keep out dust and prevent damage from scratching. Consequently, it sleeps with ...

If you are hiking in the deciduous forests from East Texas to North Florida, you should be aware of a potentially deadly snake. The timber rattlesnake (also called the timber rattler and black ...

Guinness World Records recently confirmed that Ibu Baron, a reticulated python ( Malayopython reticulatus ), is believed to ...