In the tragic final moments of her life, a two-year-old girl from Florida in the US was asphyxiated in her cot by her mother's severely underfed 8-foot Burmese Python. "Gypsy" the snake tragically ...

A Beijing man had to get his thumb amputated after a serious bite from his pet snake, a venomous long-nosed viper. According to the South China Morning Post , Huang was hand-feeding the snake because ...

Poison from viper infects reptile-loving man severely limiting his blood clotting ability; experts warn that keeping exotic ...

OXFORD, Fla. A 12-foot pet Burmese python broke out of an aquarium and strangled a 2-year-old girl in her bedroom Wednesday at a central Florida home, authorities said. Shaunnia Hare was already dead ...

One of Florida's most anticipated events of the year is almost here — the 2025 Florida Python Challenge. The Burmese python is a large, nonvenomous constrictor snake that is an invasive species in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. More than 4,200 species of snakes exist on the planet and ...

Editor's note: This story originally published in 2024. Python hunter Bayo Hernandez prefers his snake ground up like hamburger meat with ketchup, mustard, and mayo. Another hunter fancies the ...