Discovery of record-length python in Sulawesi highlights threats and conservation efforts for giant snakes in Indonesia.

"This snake could easily swallow at least a calf, if not an adult cow," an explorer and natural history photographer said of ...

A review of over 500 reports of cannibalistic behavior in snakes finds it's appeared multiple times in different evolutionary ...

A new study reveals that numerous snake species are more cannibalistic than previously thought.

The complex biology of ghrelin, the hunger hormone, has researchers wondering how its absence helps snakes last a long time with no food, if at all.

Snakes are creepy enough with their hissing, silent slithering, and potential for venomous bites. But new research has uncovered another reason to fear snakes. It turns out that snakes have exhibited ...

Snakes may well be one of nature's greatest predators, capable of eating whole deer or even crocodiles, but just as ...

A homeowner was terrified to discover nearly 100 venomous snakes in a writhing black knot in his backyard — in a case experts have described as a “rare occurrence.” The trouble began last week when ...

The South Florida Water Management District started its second year of the python elimination program. One hunter has stood ...

Learn more about the impact our parents and negative language have on how we begin to think about snakes at a young age.