At 23 feet 8 inches long, a wild snake in Indonesia has quietly stepped into global attention. Locals call her “The Baroness” ...

A giant python in South Sulawesi has turned a local encounter into an international record, and not just because of her size.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. There are over 50 species of rattlesnakes in North America, ...

Scientists have uncovered a fossil of an ancient snake so massive it might rival or even surpass Titanoboa, long considered ...

Ventura County officials report the seventh rattlesnake bite since mid-March as an early heat wave increases venomous snake ...

SAN DIEGO -- A woman is on high alert after she says a six-foot-long rattlesnake nearly attacked her dog Friday. Willow, 20, says she let her small dog out just before 10 a.m. Friday in San Diego.

A woman hiking in Simi Valley was airlifted to a hospital after a rattlesnake bite as Ventura County reports a surge in snake ...