Wild predators must regularly hunt or forage to survive. While many animals graze or scavenge, large constrictor snakes rely on overpowering and swallowing prey whole. But even experienced predators ...

Professional python hunter needed his family’s help to wrest the second-heaviest invasive Burmese python on record out of the swamp.

Scientists have described a particular movement observed mostly in young, teenaged anacondas, called an S-start. A mathematical framework shows that young anacondas, as opposed to babies and adults, ...

Baby snakes may appear harmless, but they can be highly unpredictable and difficult to locate once they escape. Juvenile snakes often lack controlled behavior, increasing the risk of defensive bites ...

Learn more about the impact our parents and negative language have on how we begin to think about snakes at a young age.