Meriden Public Library offered hands-on cuddle session with animals ranging from rabbits to snakes at a Tuesday event.

Most shark bites in Florida are not deadly. However, there was an unfortunate 2010 attack where a 38-year-old Stuart man who ...

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 ...

Walking obliviously through a lane, a flash of patterned came across your leg, jaw dropped, stuck thinking what to do next.

Burmese pythons are an invasive species in Florida that have significantly impacted the native mammal population. The python population likely became established after escaping breeding facilities ...

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 ...

A snake in southern California was craving more than rodents and birds this week, so it stopped at an In-N-Out Burger drive-thru to get some grub. An employee at the burger chain’s Monrovia location ...

Florida couple Christina Kraus and Aaron Mann captured 87 invasive pythons from the Everglades in July, setting that month’s record and netting them thousands of dollars in payouts for helping remove ...

The South Florida Water Management District's Python Elimination Program has removed 245 pythons so far in 2025. Brian Hargrove was the top hunter in August, capturing 63 invasive snakes. The program ...

A large snake appears to be on the loose in the South Bay. A couple in a neighborhood on the Santa Clara-San Jose border discovered what looks to be a python in their backyard Wednesday evening. The ...

A large snake appears to be on the loose in the South Bay. A couple in a neighborhood on the Santa Clara-San Jose border discovered what looks to be a python in their backyard Wednesday evening.