Ian Bartoszek (right) and research partner Ian Easterling hold up a large female python located by tracking one of their male scout snakes. These male pythons are used to help locate the big females ...

Snakes—especially huge ones such as pythons—have been some of the most dreaded animals in the animal kingdom. Their huge size, silent crawling, and pure strength can induce a primal fear in the ...

A team of python trackers and removal experts in South Florida have found evidence of a bobcat decapitating and feeding on one of the giant, invasive snakes in a python-infested area near Naples.