The largest and heaviest reticulated python held in captivity was Medusa, who reached 7.67 meters, or approximately 25 feet, long and weighed 158.8 kilograms, or around 350 pounds. Reticulated pythons ...

The king cobra is the world’s longest venomous snake, with one individual measured at 18.7 feet in captivity. Despite their fearsome reputation, they prey primarily on other snakes and are shy ...

In Australia's rich array of wildlife, encounters with the amethystine python, also known as the scrub python, are a stark reminder of the country's diverse reptilian inhabitants. For example, in late ...

An unlikely team of five strangers banded together and took down a nearly 200-pound invasive Burmese python in the Florida Everglades on Friday — and it could be one of the largest snakes the ...