A Florida pizzeria owner is redefining the term “exotic pet trade” by accepting captured Burmese pythons as payment for a pie ...

When you see a river or pond turtle in the wild, that’s often because it’s sitting out in the sun. Aquatic turtles spend a good proportion of their time “basking” on whatever they can climb onto.

We are almost halfway through the 2026 Florida Python Challenge, which means plenty of snakes have likely already been ...

An endangered sea turtle named Lucky washed up in Nova Scotia last year. Scientists are trying to solve the mystery of why ...

Investigators followed a social media post to a surprising discovery tied to one of the world's most protected marine species ...

These snakes can go for months without eating, grow and shrink the size of their hearts and jump start their metabolism on a ...

The hunt is on in the Everglades as the 2026 Florida Python Challenge officially gets underway. For the next 10 days, ...

Catching a python can be very challenging during the Florida Python Challenge. But when one is caught, there are rules for ...

I had come here on an excursion with Bangkok Herping, a new walking-tour outfit that swaps the Thai capital city’s ...

The origin of turtles has puzzled scientists. A new study provides more evidence that these shelled reptiles share a common ancestor with crocodiles and birds. By Sara Novak Turtles are weird. They ...

Researcher Melissa Miller tracks pythons and other invasive reptiles to help resource managers control their populations. New technologies like AI-powered traps are being tested to help manage ...

New research indicates that sea turtles seem to navigate across hundreds of miles of open ocean using Earth's magnetic field. Previous experimental studies suggested that sea turtles use geomagnetism ...