What It’s Like to Get Dragged Through a Florida Swamp by a 200-Pound Python

With help from his wife and kids, who prevented the snake from squeezing him to death, Carl Jackson wrangled the ...

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 ...

Python nicknamed 'The Baroness' breaks record for world's longest snake with over 23 feet of scales

"This snake could easily swallow at least a calf, if not an adult cow," an explorer and natural history photographer said of the python ...
The Journal News

Florida's new python hunting queen makes history and catches 60 snakes

A Florida woman caught 60 snakes in the state's annual 10-day challenge to eliminate the invasive Burmese python species wreaking havoc with the Everglades ecosystem. More than 900 people participated ...
Guinness World Records on MSN

Record-breaking reticulated python and the conservation of giant snakes in Indonesia

Discovery of record-length python in Sulawesi highlights threats and conservation efforts for giant snakes in Indonesia.

We discovered lethal new fungal diseases in wild Australian reptiles. It’s time to act fast

When the results from skin tests came back, they revealed snake fungal disease, caused by Ophidiomyces ophidiicola, an ...

Meet 'The Baroness': World’s longest wild snake at 23 feet, still growing in the Indonesian jungle

A colossal reticulated python, dubbed 'The Baroness,' has been verified as the world's longest wild snake in South Sulawesi, ...
New Hampshire Union Leader

'Python Huntress' takes on invasive snakes in the Everglades

Amy Siewe was a successful real estate agent — but her life changed after she captured her first python in Florida’s Everglades. “I just had this fascination ...