Guinness World Records recently confirmed that Ibu Baron, a reticulated python ( Malayopython reticulatus ), is believed to ...

"This snake could easily swallow at least a calf, if not an adult cow," an explorer and natural history photographer said of ...

Ophidiophobics, look away: things are about to get gnarly in a very snakey way. Snakes are, undeniably, demon animals. No, no ...

Snakes might not top everyone’s list of favorite creatures, but there’s no denying they’ve mastered the art of growing long, heavy, and—let’s be honest—pretty intimidating. A few are so big their ...

Paleontologists from National Taiwan University recently discovered a single python vertebra dating back 400,000 to 800,000 ...

Scientists at the University of Florida say the 160-pound, 17-foot-long Burmese python found in the Everglades last week is the largest one ever seen in the state, and more evidence that the ...

A giant python nicknamed The Baroness has shattered snake records in Indonesia. How big is the world’s longest wild snake—and why does her survival matter now?