An adult Southern African python is seen in this undated handout picture issued by the University of Witwatersrand, in Johannesburg, South Africa, March 14, 2018. University of Witwatersrand/Graham ...

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Snakes get a bad rap — stories from the Bible to "Harry Potter" paint serpents as deceitful, unfeeling or downright evil. But perhaps that's only because we don't know them well enough; as it turns ...

The female Southern African python is the first ever egg-laying snake species shown to care for their babies. This comes at great cost to themselves, as they never eat during the breeding period -- ...

I moved to Florida when I was 6 years old. I grew up catching toads and snakes and going fishing, and I just continued to ...

Wildlife officials in South Florida are testing a new tool in their battle against Burmese pythons: robotic rabbits.

Subsequent studies revealed that pythons are drawn to live rabbits in pens with an average ... across a formidable landscape is cumbersome and requires too much manpower to care for them. So, why not ...