Have you ever seen a giant snake climb a tree? Watch a rather large coastal carpet python maneuver its way up a tree trunk.

Scientists have taken a big step forward in figuring out how some snakes are able to leap from tree to tree without ever touching the ground. In a study, researchers from Virginia Tech used 23 ...

An Australian woman found an unwanted Christmas gift slithering around her tree this week, according to CNN. The woman quickly contacted professional snake catcher Barry Goldsmith to her home.

Robyn White is a Newsweek Nature Reporter based in London, UK. Her focus is reporting on wildlife, science and the environment. Robyn joined Newsweek in 2022 having previously worked at environmental ...

There's usually a sense of excitement about what lies beneath the Christmas tree, but for one festive family the biggest surprise was lurking in the branches up above. Rob and Marcela Wild wasted no ...

Ah, Christmas time. A time when you gather around the fire and Christmas tree to relax with your family. At least that's how it should be. And the holidays shouldn't involve any snakes, at all, ...

Australian media outlets shared the footage without identifying the snake species. But the carpet python, which can measure ...

A family in Hervey Bay, Australia, received a rather unwanted gift this Christmas after their son found a deadly snake slithering underneath their Christmas tree on Friday afternoon. "The young child ...

The reptile, later confirmed to be a non-venomous gopher snake, is now in the custody of the Hawaii Department of Agriculture State of Hawaii Department of ...