Today we’re walking through the snakes at the Reptarium, starting with some of the least expensive species and ending with the most valuable ones in the collection. From normal ball pythons that can ...

How many types of snakes are there? It's hard to quantify with one final answer because it changes. The short answer is that ...

Some families go to the beach or into the mountains together. Others prefer museums, movies, or theme parks. Carl Jackson’s clan, though, would rather be chasing invasive Burmese pythons through the ...

While most of the world’s 4,000 snake species pose little threat to humans, a handful of giants are powerful enough to take ...

Wild predators must regularly hunt or forage to survive. While many animals graze or scavenge, large constrictor snakes rely on overpowering and swallowing prey whole. But even experienced predators ...

A Burmese python named Spot has been named the new Prezoodent at the Utica Zoo after winning the 2026 election.

UTICA — Utica Zoo’s 2026 PreZOOdential election has officially come to an end, and they are excited to announce that their fourth-ever PreZOOdent is Spot, the Burmese python. After all votes were ...

A rare Florida cold front stunned and killed thousands of invasive iguanas, but wildlife experts warn the population is likely to rebound due to their high reproductive rate.

Coming face-to-face with a large snake is enough to make most people freeze. In this short video circulating online, however, two boys do the opposite — stepping in when they see a large python ...

Florida incentivizes hunters to eliminate invasive Burmese pythons through programs offering cash rewards. The invasive snakes, numbering in the tens of thousands, disrupt the Everglades ecosystem by ...