A new arrival is turning heads at the Brevard Zoo, where staff recently welcomed an adult male Burmese python into its care.

Under current state law, many animals are banned from private possession including lions and tigers and bears.

The most dangerous animals in the United States aren’t always the ones people fear the most. While sharks, bears, and ...

The biggest species of snakes are divided into two categories based on scientific research, i.e., the longest and the ...

There are dozens of snake species found across the United States, living in habitats that range from deserts and forests to ...

Snakes have both fascinated and scared humans for as long as we can remember. Especially frightening are the giants that ...

A new study suggests a substance in python blood could lead to new weight loss therapies for humans. The mice given the substance lost 9% of their body weight over 28 days. Scientists believe this ...

Pythons don't nibble. They chomp, squeeze, and swallow their prey whole in a meal that can approach 100% of their body weight. But even as they slither stealthily around the forest, months or even a ...

Aardvarks can run nearly as fast as Usain Bolt, reaching up to 26 mph, just two miles per hour slower than the world’s fastest human sprinter. When speed isn’t enough, aardvarks can dig a two-foot ...

On a warm and clear Wednesday morning in the Everglades, researchers Melissa Miller and Brandon Welty dug through grass and dirt in search of a ten-foot snake they had seen just a week before. Members ...

Some families go to the beach or into the mountains together. Others prefer museums, movies, or theme parks. Carl Jackson’s clan, though, would rather be chasing invasive Burmese pythons through the ...