Reptiles can be great first pets when you pick the right species. The easiest ones don’t need huge tanks or complicated ...

Reptiles are more loved than ever. But as Goose and Charles show, true love means respecting restrictions on ownership, and ...

Burmese pythons, a non-native snake, has proliferated across more than a thousand square miles of South Florida.

Floridians could be see cooler weather in time for the holidays later this month. However, could it be deadly for invasive ...

A University of Florida study found that snake bites in the state are an understudied but avoidable risk. Most venomous snake bites in Florida occurred when people, primarily men, intentionally ...

Our pets can form some pretty unexpected friendships, like a cat and dog who are inseparable, or in this case, a dog who loves cuddling with a snake. Yep, you read that right! A 6-year-old Golden ...

Burmese pythons are an invasive species in Florida, causing significant declines in native small mammal populations. Originally introduced through the pet trade, the wild python population in the ...

A 15-year-old first spotted the snake hanging out in the ceiling above a toilet in their home Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has ...

It's no secret that the meat industry has been devastating our environment for quite some time. It's responsible for high percentages of the world's greenhouse gas emissions, widespread deforestation, ...

Gorsuch, Thomas want to ‘correct’ 139-year-old Supreme Court ruling ‘It’s brutality, impunity and lawlessness on an absolutely epic scale’: Miliband Trump proposes $2,000 payments to Americans. Here’s ...

The Florida Python Challenge is an annual competition to remove invasive Burmese pythons from South Florida. The event aims to raise public awareness about the threat invasive species pose to the ...