Guinness World Records recently confirmed that Ibu Baron, a reticulated python ( Malayopython reticulatus ), is believed to ...

A massive female reticulated python, named Ibu Baron, has been officially certified by Guinness World Records as the longest ...

Quick Take Reticulated pythons are the longest snakes in the world, capable of reaching 20 feet or more and weighing well ...

It was like riding a slow horse,” said Carl Jackson, a full-time Burmese python hunter with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. “It was insane.” ...

In the annals of record-breaking animals, there is big, and then there is Florida python big. Leave it to a professional ...

Zoo Knoxville said Thursday that Dolly the giant reticulated python got a full health evaluation before their Snake Day event on Jan. 31.

Professional python hunter needed his family’s help to wrest the second-heaviest invasive Burmese python on record out of the swamp.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. In the humid swamps of what is now Colombia, there was once ...

Pythons are a common sight across much of Asia, especially in the tropical jungles and wetlands of countries like Vietnam, ...

A giant python nicknamed The Baroness has shattered snake records in Indonesia. How big is the world’s longest wild snake—and why does her survival matter now?