Preserving what's left of a python after its caught and killed requires a great deal of time, skill and patience.

Brandon Welty, a python researcher with Croc Docs, holds up an antenna and receiver to track where a male python during ...

Brandon Welty eased his airboat named “Python Patrol” onto the rocky edge of a man-made island carved from the spoil of a ...

"I'm afraid there might be snake eggs or babies." ...

A surprising incident shook an upper primary school in Kunda village, Jalaun, Uttar Pradesh, when a giant python, nearly 10 feet long, was found in the storeroom where mid-day meal supplies are kept.

Snakes keep rodents out of your crops, balance entire ecosystems, and their venom saves human lives, yet nearly half of Americans feel anxious just looking at one. The fear runs deep, but so does the ...

Wildfires continue to burn across Florida despite the start of the rainy season, fueled by a persistent drought. A combination of drought, unique plant life, and deep layers of organic material allows ...

This story appears in the March 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. Selfie of Naruto taken in June 2011. Photograph by David J. Slater If it weren’t for a cheeky monkey named Naruto, who, as ...

American hero Joey Chestnut absolutely dominated the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest yet again, devouring 66 hot dogs to win his 18th consecutive championship. There is no event on the annual sports ...