The olive python is Australia’s second-largest python, after the scrub python, which typically maxes out at around 13 feet. It gets its name from the smooth, olive-colored scales that help it blend ...

Arizona has 13 species of rattlesnakes and one coral snake species. Snakes are most active from March to October. Rattlesnakes have distinct features like a triangular head and vertical pupils.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Science splits the iconic king cobra into four distinct ...

FLORENCE — Far from the Australian outback, slithering up the sides of a plastic tote in the middle of a South Carolina neighborhood — with local authorities none the wiser — was the world’s most ...