A Florida man dressed in a Santa Claus hat captured a 153-pound invasive Burmese python on Christmas Eve. He shared a photo of the snake slung over his ...

Professional snake removal experts captured a 30-pound, 6½-foot Burmese python from a Miami-Dade residential area, preventing potential danger to pets and children.

Across South Florida, giant snakes that once seemed like exotic escapees are now entrenched residents, reshaping ecosystems ...

Snakes aren't the only invaders threatening ecosystems. In many neighborhoods, invasive plants can be an equal menace.

The origins of Florida’s python crisis lie in the exotic pet trade of the 1980s and 1990s. These snakes were initially sold ...

TYLER, Texas — Dudley is a boa constrictor from the Americas and is currently under the care of Dallas Goodwin, a reptile ...

Most shark bites in Florida are not deadly. However, there was an unfortunate 2010 attack where a 38-year-old Stuart man who was kitesurfing suffered multiple shark bites and died from his injuries.

A gaboon viper and a puff adder, were discovered by a landlord after his tenant left the country and his animals ...

A Florida man encountered a nearly 12-foot-long Burmese python — an invasive species — in the road while coming home from ...

Cane toads, aka bufo toads, in Florida secrete a toxin that can harm or even kill animals that lick, bite or eat them, including dogs and cats.

Tigers and salties will only ever meet where their ranges overlap at the coast, but one fatal encounter was documented in India’s Sundarban Tiger Reserve in 2011, when an adult female Bengal tiger was ...

Tracking a single male python through protected wetlands led biologists to one of the largest breeding females captured this year.