Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. There have been multiple documented incidents where large ...

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

I’m not sure there’s a person in the world who could scroll past a short video of a man calmly letting a 20-foot python slither across a grassy park without stopping. The snake is enormous, thicker ...

Goldie the reticulated python, a resident of the Skunk Ape Research Headquarters in Ochopee, Florida, has died at approximately 35 years old. Believed to be the largest snake in captivity, Goldie ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

Their feeding habits revolve around their ability to swallow prey whole. The jaw of a python can stretch open up to 150 degrees, and they have loose ligaments between their bones to help move their ...