Meet Lady Gaga, the albino carpet python celebrity whose retirement reveals what “aging gracefully” means for snakes.

The rattlesnakes are hibernating now, spending the winter beneath the surface of a rock outcrop in Colorado where a camera has been posted. The camera has recorded a livestream online ー revealing the ...

King cobras are the world's longest venomous snakes. So, imagine seeing one a few feet away as you embark on a train in India. The Western Ghats King Cobra (Ophiophagus kaalinga)—a vulnerable king ...

If you come across a rattlesnake in Michigan, it’s an eastern massasauga (Sistrurus catenatus), the only venomous snake in the state. They’re relatively small for rattlers, averaging two to three feet ...

A Florida backyard can feel ordinary until a porch light catches an unfamiliar pattern moving through the grass. When a ...

There’s enough gloomy wildlife news out there, so here’s a refreshing shift: some animals have pulled off impressive ...

There are other genes and enhancers related to limb loss in snakes. One of the genes involved is known as the Sonic hedgehog ...

Python hunter Carl Jackson has only been hunting snakes in Florida since June of 2025. He's off to a strong start with a near-record catch on Jan. 13.

It was like riding a slow horse,” said Carl Jackson, a full-time Burmese python hunter with the Florida Fish and Wildlife ...

When the weather gets cold in Florida, gators stop eating and iguanas start dropping. How do low temps affect the invasive Burmese python?

Alabama’s exotic pet laws are stricter and more fragmented than many people expect. Instead of maintaining a single, ...