SANDERSON — About an hour before sunset Friday, under overcast West Texas skies, the snake hunters began heading out on U.S. 90, most hoping for a nocturnal encounter with the shy and beautiful ...

EXCLUSIVE: Slithering into SXSW this afternoon at the Alamo Lamar, The Python Hunt is a documentary that might do for the Burmese Python what Jaws did 50 years ago for the Great White Shark. The ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) _ The Humane Society of the United States would like for 2002 to be the last year five communities in Oklahoma hold rattlesnake hunts. Teresa Telecky, wildlife trade program ...

Want to hunt Burmese pythons in Florida? Dates for the 2025 Florida Python Challenge — a ten-day event to remove invasive Burmese pythons from South Florida — are set. Burmese pythons wreak havoc on ...

There’s nothing quite like a hungry baby. For this mother eagle, mealtime means turning to the water for a tasty snake treat. The video begins with the mother eagle scanning the environment for ...

The Florida Python Challenge is arguably the most well-known and well-attended snake hunt in the country. And according to the results released Wednesday, the 2025 Challenge that took place in July ...

The state of Florida has a bounty out on invasive pythons, luring amateur snake killers into the Everglades for a month-long hunt. Hilarious, right? Not to those who say it encourages cruelty and does ...

An Oklahoma springtime is for sand bass runs, gobbling turkeys, record fish catches -- and rattlesnakes. For an amazing number of people, this season also means it's time to go crawling around, very ...

This snake that was once a threatened species may not be Ohio's largest or one of the Buckeye State's three venomous species, but it does play "a vital role in the ecosystem" by targeting invasive ...

Snakes have adapted to climb trees, leap across hot sand, and even swim through water — all without arms or legs. What’s their secret? Mike Bock This corn snake, shown here at the Smithsonian's ...