One of the youngest veterinary officers with the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA), she is part of the team tasked with ...

A new arrival is turning heads at the Brevard Zoo, where staff recently welcomed an adult male Burmese python into its care.

Under current state law, many animals are banned from private possession including lions and tigers and bears.

The biggest species of snakes are divided into two categories based on scientific research, i.e., the longest and the heaviest. This is because these two features are often found in different species.

Aardvarks can run nearly as fast as Usain Bolt, reaching up to 26 mph, just two miles per hour slower than the world’s fastest human sprinter. When speed isn’t enough, aardvarks can dig a two-foot ...

On a warm and clear Wednesday morning in the Everglades, researchers Melissa Miller and Brandon Welty dug through grass and dirt in search of a ten-foot snake they had seen just a week before. Members ...

While most of the world’s 4,000 snake species pose little threat to humans, a handful of giants are powerful enough to take down deer, crocodiles, and even other top predators. From Indian and African ...

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 ...

The 202-pound Burmese python was caught by Florida resident Carl Jackson Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Florida resident Carl Jackson caught the second-heaviest invasive Burmese python ...