An Australian reptile catcher was left in awe this week after responding to a call and finding the skin of a huge carpet python—but no snake. Stuart McKenzie, the owner of Sunshine Coast Snake ...

Q. Why is the skin of a python a threat to the invasive snake? FWC: Burmese pythons are a cryptic species and, similar to other snake species, their first defense is to blend in with the environment.

Burmese pythons, an invasive species in the Everglades, are being hunted and their skins used for luxury goods. Hunters like Zach Hoffman and Amy Siewe detail the process of skinning and preparing ...

Donna Kalil is a contracted snake hunter who won the 2024 Florida Python Challenge for catching and removing 11 of the invasive reptiles. In just over a week, hundreds of python hunters will descend ...

SNAKE CATCHER REMOVED A GIANT PYTHON AFTER A COUPLE REPORTED THEIR CLOGGED DRAIN: 'NOT WHAT I WAS EXPECTING' By the evening of June 2, 2021, the bobcat returned to the nest while the python was near ...

Kym Clark was out for a casual early morning bike ride recently in a rural area near Everglades National Park, when she spotted something strange in the underbrush — the beautiful camouflage pattern ...

The Papuan Olive Python, Apodora papuana, is a large, non-venomous snake native to New Guinea, distinguished by its rare ability to change skin color, similar to chameleons. This adaptation aids ...

Hannah Osborne is Nesweek's Science Editor, based in London, UK. Hannah joined Newsweek in 2017 from IBTimes UK. She is a graduate of Goldsmiths University and King's College London. Languages; ...

When it comes to being a Floridian, you have to coexist with multiple types of critters − all at once. From the tiny anoles zipping across the sidewalks as we so rudely step in their path to the ...

Editor’s note: Bill Kearney of the South Florida Sun Sentinel recently headed out to the Everglades, where the state’s annual Python Challenge is underway. I pull up at dusk to a half-dozen kids ...

Snakes shed their skin several times per year. Shedding is a good indicator that snakes are getting enough nutrition, that their environments have proper humidity levels, and that they are overall ...