What It’s Like to Get Dragged Through a Florida Swamp by a 200-Pound Python

With help from his wife and kids, who prevented the snake from squeezing him to death, Carl Jackson wrangled the ...

Guinness Confirms the Longest Wild Snake in History — And She’s Bigger Than a Shipping Container

On February 4th, the longest wild snake in history was recorded according to Guinness World Records. The reticulated python ...
Palm Beach Post

What is a ball python? Meet the 'nice cousin' to the Burmese snake

A ball python, also called the royal python, is a less troublesome cousin to the Burmese, and has been eating its way through the Everglades for decades. Ball pythons are native to west sub Saharan ...
Outdoor Life

This Wildlife YouTuber Just Became the First Female to Win Florida’s Python Challenge

The Florida Python Challenge is arguably the most well-known and well-attended snake hunt in the country. And according to the results released Wednesday, the 2025 Challenge that took place in July ...
People

Python Nicknamed 'The Baroness' Breaks Record for World's Longest Snake with Over 23 Feet of Scales

"This snake could easily swallow at least a calf, if not an adult cow," an explorer and natural history photographer said of the python Desiree Anello is a Writer/Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been ...
IFLScience

The Largest Snake In Captivity Is A Humongous 7.7-Meter Reticulated Python Called Medusa

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

Studying snakes' ability to stand upright could inform soft robotics and more

Snakes may be best known for slithering. But consider that these animals also perform one of the most extreme feats of posture control found in nature: They can stand nearly straight upright on a ...