Weighing a giant 130-pound python sounds simple, until you try it. This video captures the chaos, teamwork, and awe of safely handling one of the world’s largest snake species, along with surprising ...

The idea sounds ridiculous at first, like something pulled from a horror film or an internet myth that refuses to […] ...

When most people think of massive snakes, the first one that comes to mind is the anaconda. Anacondas might be the largest ...

AND RESCUE. WELL, CALIFORNIA NOW HAS A STATE SNAKE. IT IS THE GIANT GARTER SNAKE. THE POPULATION OF THE GIANT GARTER SNAKE HAS DECLINED BY MORE THAN 90% OVER THE LAST CENTURY. THERE IT IS. IT WAS ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Biologist Ian Easterling, wearing a Santa Claus hat, appeared to be enjoying a stroll through the swampy terrain of Southwest ...

Ian Easterling, a biologist with the Conservancy of Southwest Florida, captured a 153-pound female Burmese python, one of the largest caught in Florida in 2025. Conservancy of Southwest ...

A surprising number of exotic birds are OK to own in California. With the exception of the aforementioned Quaker parrot, all ...

Taylor Stanberry became the first woman to win the Florida Python Challenge in 2025. She captured 60 invasive Burmese pythons during the 10-day competition. Stanberry, a Naples native, has over a ...

There was some big snake news in 2025. Taylor Stanberry, a Naples native, was the 2025 Florida Python Challenge winner and the first woman to ever win the competition. She captured 60 of the invasive ...

It is probably too much hyperbole to call Sony’s Anaconda the funniest movie of the year, but for my money it really is. It initially started out to be the studio’s desire to remake or “reimagine” its ...

Doug smiles up at Kenny with Claire and Griff kneeling on either side of him in a rainforest. Image via Sony Pictures "The river can kill you in a thousand ways." Those immortal words were spoken in ...