There’s no evidence to show that the trade in blood pythons from Indonesia, coveted for their skins for making luxury fashion items, is sustainable, a new study shows. In fact, the evidence indicates ...

Wildlife trade is a multi-million dollar industry. While some animals are traded legally, in compliance with legislation that aims to protect populations, wildlife trafficking continues to thrive in ...

It takes a lot to give professional snake wranglers the creeps, but it happened when a group of hunters captured a python plagued by blood-sucking ticks in Florida’s Everglades. If there’s such a ...

Editor's note: This story originally published in 2024. Python hunter Bayo Hernandez prefers his snake ground up like hamburger meat with ketchup, mustard, and mayo. Another hunter fancies the ...

A substantial part of the trade in blood pythons in Indonesia is illegal and underreported, a new study has found. The study found no convincing evidence that the harvest of blood pythons in the area ...

Burmese pythons are hunted and “humanely euthanized” in the Florida Everglades due to being an invasive species. They were introduced through the exotic pet trade, experts say. FWC photo by Kevin Enge ...