Guinness Confirms the Longest Wild Snake in History — And She’s Bigger Than a Shipping Container

On February 4th, the longest wild snake in history was recorded according to Guinness World Records. The reticulated python ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Man fined $32,000 for poaching rare snakes from Far North Queensland rainforest

Clinton Spiteri has been fined $32,000 for stealing six green tree pythons and two brown tree snakes from a Far North Queensland national park. The green tree pythons are considered near threatened ...
WPBF

PYTHON BE GONE: New efforts to combat Florida's python problem

FORTUNATELY, NOBODY WAS INJURED. CONTROLLING THE PYTHON POPULATION HERE IN FLORIDA, GOVERNOR DESANTIS SPOKE IN STUART TODAY ABOUT SOME NEW ACTIONS THE STATE PLANS TO TAKE TO CONTROL THE GROWTH OF ...
The New York Times

Starting at Harvard and Falling for Your First Tree

A freshman seminar encourages students to behave differently in the world and feel more passionately about biodiversity. Each Harvard University freshman in the “Tree” seminar must choose a single ...
New York Post

Florida snake hunter and his family wrestle 202-pound python that dragged him 15 feet: report

A Florida snake hunter, his wife, and their two kids were able to wrestle and take out a whopping 202-pound Burmese python in a battle that saw the slithering beast drag the professional some 15 feet ...
AOL

Fla. Temperatures Dropped to Dangerous Numbers for Reptiles, But the State's Invasive Pythons Are Hanging On

Florida's invasive Burmese pythons are reportedly surviving despite temperatures dropping to dangerously low numbers for cold-blooded reptiles. Some southern parts of the state recently experienced ...
Sun Sentinel

Python swim party? Hunters observe possible new Burmese python behavior

Professional python hunters Guillermo Tapanes and Matt Kogo spotted something strange swimming in a remote pond on the border of Broward and Palm Beach counties. It was wasn’t moving like an iguana or ...
7News Miami

Python hunters find possible new nesting pattern for Burmese pythons in the Everglades

EVERGLADES, FLA. (WSVN) — A pair of python hunters stumbled across a python swim party that might offer new insights into their nesting patterns in Florida. Professional python hunters Guillermo ...
Palm Beach Post

Python in Florida woman's backyard a sign of their movement to urban areas

Experts believe the snakes may be dispersing from the Everglades as their population grows, using connected waterways as highways. While not considered an overwhelming threat to humans, pythons can ...
Fox News

Large Burmese python on video getting pulled from Florida neighborhood tree: 'It was pretty dangerous’

It was one Christmas visitor that didn’t overstay its welcome. A Burmese python that had been spotted in a Miami-Dade neighborhood was removed just days before Christmas after a resident out for a ...
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My green tree python laid rotten eggs!

OH NO! Pickles, my vibrant green tree python, just laid a clutch of eggs… but something went terribly wrong—they were all rotten! In this unexpected twist, we explore what might have caused this ...
Travel + Leisure

The World's Tallest Christmas Tree Is in a U.S. Forest—and the Only Way to See It Is On a Festive Train Ride

Decorated by the Skunk Train and towering over 200 feet, the living tree in Fort Bragg and Willits tops a new global ranking. Kristine Hansen is a design, food and drink, and travel writer based in ...