Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A video of two snakes spotted in combat in the Australian state of New South Wales has captivated users on Reddit. The ...

Florida scientists are using opossums to secretly track invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades-and it's working.

Scientists in Florida have launched a new offensive against the Burmese python invasion, this time using opossums, one of the ...

A family in Cleveland, Australia, called in a professional snake catcher to remove the reptile Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, covering pets, ...

Pythons and anacondas are often confused as being the same, and it’s easy to see why. Both are massive, non-venomous snakes that kill their prey by biting and squeezing it to death. But despite their ...

To write about the increase in snake encounters in Australia, a journalist had to get hands-on with the slithering reptiles. By Natasha Frost Natasha Frost is a reporter based in Melbourne, Australia.

Scientists found a shocking way to track Florida's invasive pythons: let the snakes swallow GPS-collared opossums.

If there’s anything more awkward than finding snakes fighting at a family cookout, it’s realizing those two snakes are mating in front of your kids. That happened Friday night to the Rinehart family ...

In what is believed to be the first encounter captured on video, two wild snakes in Colombia were caught fighting over a meal recently in their natural habitats. Danish researchers Henrik Bringsøe and ...