By Ed Stoddard JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Shedding their cold-blooded image, snakes emerge from a recent study as more caring creatures that protect their nests and remain with their young for a ...

I moved to Florida when I was 6 years old. I grew up catching toads and snakes and going fishing, and I just continued to ...

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Get ready for one of the most amazing reptile experiences youll ever see! In this video, we capture a live birth from one of our boas and introduce you to a clutch of baby pythons that just ...

Reptiles are usually thought of as cold-blooded (an outdated term), simple animals that certainly don't care for their young.

Snakes get a bad rap — stories from the Bible to "Harry Potter" paint serpents as deceitful, unfeeling or downright evil. But perhaps that's only because we don't know them well enough; as it turns ...

Wildlife officials in South Florida are testing a new tool in their battle against Burmese pythons: robotic rabbits.

Burmese pythons could be making their way north, out of the Everglades and towards the coasts in the coming years, according to a new study.

The female Southern African python is the first ever egg-laying snake species shown to care for their babies. This comes at great cost to themselves, as they never eat during the breeding period ...