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 ...
With their upturned snouts, hognose snakes are easily recognizable. However, they are not among the largest snakes in the ...
Burmese pythons are no longer just a South Florida problem. As sightings push beyond their historic stronghold, scientists ...
AND RESCUE. WELL, CALIFORNIA NOW HAS A STATE SNAKE. IT IS THE GIANT GARTER SNAKE. THE POPULATION OF THE GIANT GARTER SNAKE HAS DECLINED BY MORE THAN 90% OVER THE LAST CENTURY. THERE IT IS. IT WAS ...
Scientists have identified a prehistoric python stretching more than 13 feet long from a single fossilized vertebra found near Tainan, Taiwan — part of a vanished ecosystem that also included 23-foot ...
Any report on invasive species is bound to have bad news, it seems, and a new report from the U.S. Geological Survey analyzing the threat from nine giant snake species is possibly even worse because ...
TALISAY, Philippines — Typhoons apparently cause all sorts of critters to emerge and mingle with humans. The massive storm earlier this month prompted a python to slither through floodwaters in the ...