King cobras are the longest venomous snakes in the world and can reach 18 feet long.

Recent sightings of invasive Burmese pythons at Florida homes were caught on video. Are these massive snakes invading urban ...

Police are investigating after four large pythons were found abandoned in the Lincolnshire countryside, with one still suspected to be at large. The reticulated pythons, a non-venomous species native ...

"The snake probably was a pet that got too large to keep and too expensive to feed," Sheriff Lee Foster told Newsweek.

When python researchers Ian Bartoszek and Ian Easterling tracked a male “scout snake” with a radio transmitter, they expected him to lead them to a big female Burmese python. What they found was much ...

PROSPERITY, S.C. — A large python is no longer on the loose in Newberry County after a group of people stepped in to capture the massive reptile. Newberry County Sheriff Lee Foster said on social ...

Vulnerable species — and the impact of the facility on their habitat and well-being — are at the core of a legal fight.

Jess Thomson is a Newsweek Science Reporter based in London UK. Her focus is reporting on science, technology and healthcare. She has covered weird animal behavior, space news and the impacts of ...

A Des Moines resident reported seeing a large python slithering around her neighborhood last month. So far, searches for the reptile have not been successful.