A snake has no eyelids, so cannot blink. Its eyes are protected by a fixed type of scale that acts like a contact lens to keep out dust and prevent damage from scratching. Consequently, it sleeps with ...

Ancient people of Mount Athos, Greece probably owed their longevity to their bizarre eating habits. Let's take a look at the ...

The new year started off with a bang when a python hunter caught a 202-pound female python. That's a lot of meat to eat. But ...

Cozy climate and other factors align in Florida to make the state Earth’s playground for the most established, invasive reptile and amphibian species.

Scientists undertook the first comprehensive assessment of how often snakes eat their own, uncovering reports of the behavior ...

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.

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

Scientist on Burmese pythons: 'removing over 24 tons of python locally feels like a dent to me, but I’m biased.' ...

A Saturday post in which Sunshine Coast Snake Catcher 24/7’s reshared the video, filmed in the region a few years earlier at Stony Creek, quickly caught Facebook readers’ eyes with more than 71,000 ...

The king cobra holds the record as the longest venomous snake, at 18.7 feet long. As apex predators, they prey on other snakes, shaping local ecosystems and venomous-snake populations. Read on to ...