Burmese pythons are spreading across south Florida but will we start to see them slither up north? What to know ...

The collars send a signal to researchers after a opossum is eaten, leading to the snake's location ...

Nothing is more heartwarming than watching new life come into the world. Watching animals navigate the start of their lives ...

FORT LAUDERDALE — It was about 2 in the morning when Claudilio Cruz, a member of a road crew spreading asphalt on U.S. 1 in the affluent Miami suburb of Pinecrest, heard frantic honking. When he ...

Few creatures are more conspicuous than the green iguana. Four feet in length with a spiky back. The distended belly of a middle-aged football fan who’s just chugged his way through a bucket of Coors ...

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 ...

Florida's Python Elimination Program pays certified hunters to remove the invasive snakes from the Everglades. Burmese pythons have caused a severe decline in native small mammal populations in South ...

Pythons and anacondas are often confused as being the same, and it’s easy to see why. Both are massive, non-venomous snakes that kill their prey by biting and squeezing it to death. But despite their ...