Cobras and pythons, though both snakes, differ significantly. Cobras are venomous, possess a distinctive hood, and are agile ...

Invasive Burmese pythons in Florida are growing larger than ever, and scientists are racing to understand how. These massive ...

Dates for the 2025 Florida Python Challenge, a 10-day event aimed at removing invasive Burmese pythons, have been announced ...

If you see a large, intimidating gray and yellow lizard, it’s probably a Nile monitor. They eat anything from bugs to iguanas, and state wildlife officials think they’re a problem.

Mr Brian Butler pulls in US$600,000 a year selling crested geckos, docile creatures that resemble diminutive cartoon dragons.

Heat cramps, painful muscle cramps and spasms, usually in the legs and abdomen, may also be a symptom of heat exhaustion.

An estimated 31 million tons of smelly brown seaweed is floating int eh Atlantic this year, experts say, and Florida beaches ...

There are often rules and regulations about where certain kinds of pets can be kept, including amphibians and reptiles. Check with the management of your property, or contact local wildlife and ...

We were eating turkey sandwiches at his kitchen table one afternoon earlier this year when Hiaasen told me about Rocky I and Rocky II, the pet raccoons he kept in the 1970s. Raccoons, he told me, ...

Pythons found dead are accorded full burial ... Its ability to shed its skin is seen as a symbol of renewal. In the Dahomey religion of the Benin Republic (which shares cultural links with Nigeria ...

Burmese pythons are an invasive species in Florida that can be humanely killed on private property with landowner permission. Humane killing requires immediate loss of consciousness followed by ...