Invasive species are among the most significant threats to the United States’ native wildlife, biodiversity, and fragile ecosystems. Defined as non-native organisms that cause environmental, economic, ...

A road crew spotted a 14-foot Burmese python crossing a six-lane road in a posh Miami suburb recently. But how did it get there? Are more of the apex predator infiltrating suburbia?

With hourly fees and per-snake bonuses, python contractors are helping remove invasive constrictors from the Everglades. Here’s what they make ...

Naples-based Conservancy of Southwest Florida’s python hunters smash records, removing massive invasive snakes to protect fragile Everglades wildlife.

Three ball pythons were spotted in the Forest Park neighborhood of Queens, N.Y. on Sept. 24. One of the snakes was apprehended, while the other two remain on the loose.

Ramirez took the snake home and named it Dolly Python. He had recently lost custody of his pet frogs in a break-up, so the chance to raise a reptile to replace the amphibian was welcome. After a trip ...

A scarlet snake was documented on Sanibel Island for the first time in September. This sighting follows the first appearance of a scarlet kingsnake on the island since the 1970s. Both the scarlet ...

It isn’t just snakes that fill up the reptilian quota of egg-laying animals. A group of reptiles — known as squamates — comprised of lizards, turtles, crocodilians, and snakes, are all overwhelmingly ...

A total of 294 Burmese pythons were eliminated during the 2025 Florida Python Challenge – the most of any python challenge since the event started in 2013. But only one snake by a hunter was declared ...

The South Florida Water Management District's Python Elimination Program has removed 245 pythons so far in 2025. Brian Hargrove was the top hunter in August, capturing 63 invasive snakes. The program ...

Aaron Cline of Mattoon has turned his longtime interest in pythons into a growing online pet store, Batter Up Balls, with the help of his son, Carson, a youth baseball ...

In the quiet village of Ramburhat in Raozan upazila of Chattogram, a remarkable rescue ended with new life. A clutch of snake eggs, discovered in a local home, hatched into healthy baby Dudhraj snakes ...