This ancient, leg-bearing snake is rewriting the story of how serpents slithered, and sometimes walked, their way through ...

Python hunter Kevin Pavlidis won for the third time in 2025. The competition is sponsored by the South Florida Water ...

Our bones did not begin deep inside the body. They started in the skin, not long after the first complex animals took shape.

When most people think of massive snakes, the first one that comes to mind is the anaconda. Anacondas might be the largest ...

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If they reach the ecosystem's carrying capacity in the Everglades, the pythons will spread, and that likely means into ...

Red snakes are perhaps the most visually stunning of these intriguing reptiles, drawing attention with vibrant shades of ...

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Dwelling around 167 million years ago, the chimeric reptile was discovered along with 70 other prehistoric species.

It was one Christmas visitor that didn’t overstay its welcome. A Burmese python that had been spotted in a Miami-Dade neighborhood was removed just days before Christmas after a resident out for a ...

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 ...