The South Florida Water Management District is in its second year of managing a Python Removal Program. Winners win cash prizes.

Northern cottonmouth (Agkistrodon piscivorus) is one of the world's few semiaquatic vipers and is native to the southeastern United States. Individuals may bite when feeling threatened.© Danny ...

The Florida Python Challenge is fast approaching, and hunters can sign up now to euthanize as many invasive Burmese pythons as possible in 10 days to help protect the Everglades (and potentially win ...

Every year, venomous snakes kill more people worldwide than sharks, lions, and wolves combined—yet most of us barely give them a second thought. Some folks love to hike, camp, and get out into nature, ...

California is home to 50 different species of snakes — including seven species of rattlesnakes, according to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. If that makes your skin crawl, you’re not ...