A python measuring 21 feet and weighing more than 200 pounds was captured this week behind a home in the Malaysian district of Jasin. The discovery of the enormous reptile left villagers “shocked,” ...

Burmese pythons are an invasive species causing destruction in the Florida Everglades. The snakes have contributed to the decline of several small mammal populations. Estimates place the Burmese ...

A Florida resident, with the help of friends, used a snare and ax to subdue a massive Burmese python that they had encountered Tuesday on the way home from dinner. Wade Gardner, of Rotonda West in ...

Angola’s Minerals and Petroleum Minister, Diamantino Azevedo, called on the mining industry regulators to accelerate the permitting phase of new projects as one of Africa’s top oil producers looks to ...

Horrifying footage has captured the moment a six-meter python dragged a tour guide underwater, just moments before coiling around his neck. Experienced snake catcher, Heru, was traveling down a river ...

Fashion trend forecasters should flag snake skin as the next big thing in the Sunshine State. The invasive Burmese python, which has been terrorizing the natural wildlife of the Florida Everglades for ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission partnered with INVERSA to increase python removals in Florida and provide a financial boost through private enterprise. INVERSA says it “helps ...

Reptiles don't urinate like humans do; instead, they pass these solid urates (left). (Journal of the American Chemical Society via SWNS) By Stephen Beech Crystals "peed" by snakes could hold the key ...

Crystals "peed" by snakes could hold the key to treating kidney stones and gout in humans, say scientists. Researchers investigated the solid urine of more than 20 reptile species and found spheres of ...

Reptiles don’t urinate like humans do; instead, they pass these solid “urates” (left). Researchers found that urates consist of tiny microspheres composed primarily of uric acid (right). Unless you’ve ...

Unless you’ve owned reptiles, you might not know that many of them “pee” crystals. Researchers publishing in the Journal of the American Chemical Society investigated the solid urine of more than 20 ...