A word of warning: If you’re afraid of snakes or blood-sucking insects, then this video showing a giant python being eaten alive by hundreds of ticks will almost assuredly give you the creeps. It’s ...

Indian python faces extinction. Habitat loss and illegal trade threaten the species. These snakes are also desired as exotic pets. Conservation efforts are crucial. Indian pythons are non-venomous ...

The Critter Cult is a social media account and YouTube channel hosted by wildlife enthusiasts Kyle and Meg. The duo's content is for "anyone who loves all things critters, all the time," which ...

The famous quote from the movie Jaws is "You're gonna need a bigger boat." This line is spoken by Chief Martin Brody (played by Roy Scheider) to Quint (played by Robert Shaw) during the film. The line ...

A Florida woman caught 60 snakes in the state's annual 10-day challenge to eliminate the invasive Burmese python species wreaking havoc with the Everglades ecosystem. More than 900 people participated ...

Editor’s note: Bill Kearney, who covers the environment for the South Florida Sun Sentinel, headed out to the Everglades, where he experienced a python hunt … of the canine kind. I’m on my hands and ...

NEAR EVERGLADES NAT'L PARK, Fla. — A wife-husband snake hunting team celebrated their love by bagging a massive snake on the week of Valentine’s Day. Jayna and Todd Corns say they were snake hunting ...

The Python Challenge sounded like a pretty bad idea. In reality, it was probably worse than most people imagined. Late last year, the state of Florida announced it would host a first-ever Python ...

Invasive Burmese pythons got loose in the Sunshine State in the late 1970s, and since then, their numbers have exploded. The boa constrictors can grow up to 20 feet long and 200 pounds. They are found ...

Wildlife officials are looking for snake slayers as they enlist the public to combat an invasion of pythons in the Florida Everglades. State officials have placed a bounty on the Burmese python to ...

Florida's Burmese pythons have reached a level of lore in Florida that perhaps no other animals have held in the state. They're the ultimate of swamp monsters. Pythons are gigantic predators from ...