Guinness World Records recently confirmed that Ibu Baron, a reticulated python ( Malayopython reticulatus ), is believed to ...

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

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

Paleontologists from National Taiwan University recently discovered a single python vertebra dating back 400,000 to 800,000 ...

A giant python nicknamed The Baroness has shattered snake records in Indonesia. How big is the world’s longest wild snake—and why does her survival matter now?

A giant reticulated python named Ibu Baron has been recognised by Guinness World Records as the longest wild snake ever measured. Stretching over 23 feet, the discovery highlights Indonesia’s rich ...

A massive female reticulated python, named Ibu Baron, has been officially certified by Guinness World Records as the longest ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. In the humid swamps of what is now Colombia, there was once ...

Coming face-to-face with a large snake is enough to make most people freeze. In this short video circulating online, however, two boys do the opposite — stepping in when they see a large python ...

North America is home to a surprising variety of large snakes, from the hefty Eastern Indigo Snake of the Southeast to the massive Boa Constrictors found in parts of Florida. Some are native, while ...

If you got eaten by a snake, it could take a whole month to digest you... but it would at least leave your hair ...