Meet Lady Gaga, the albino carpet python celebrity whose retirement reveals what “aging gracefully” means for snakes.

Florida has strict rules about ownership and possession of wildlife in the state. These rules define and cover the kind of wildlife considered exotic, like tigers, gorillas, and elephants. The rules ...

Professional python hunters Guillermo Tapanes and Matt Kogo spotted something strange swimming in a remote pond on the border of Broward and Palm Beach counties. It was wasn’t moving like an iguana or ...

Experts believe the snakes may be dispersing from the Everglades as their population grows, using connected waterways as highways. While not considered an overwhelming threat to humans, pythons can ...

A “magnificent” giraffe died in a freak accident on New Year’s Day when he got his head stuck in a door while roving around his habitat at the Toronto Zoo. Staff at the popular attraction called the ...

TORONTO, ON. (FOX Carolina) - The Toronto Zoo reports Kiko, the first born calf of Masai giraffe Autumn at Greenville Zoo, died in an accident on New Year’s Day. Kiko, 13-years-old, was allowed to ...

The native just-in-time compiler in Python 3.15 can speed up code by as much as 20% or more, although it’s still experimental. JITing, or “just-in-time” compilation, can make relatively slow ...

The newborn giraffe at the Phoenix Zoo has received her name with help from the public. After a seven-day, online naming contest with over 11,000 votes, community members decided the Masai giraffe ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — There are some more ‘spots’ at Zoo Knoxville with the addition of a new giraffe joining the zoo’s Grasslands Africa habitat. Mokolo, a 10-year-old male giraffe, came to ...

Hybridization of captive giraffes in North American zoos may impact conservation, given the recent scientific consensus that giraffes are four distinct species, not a single species as previously ...

The Phoenix Zoo welcomed a new female Masai giraffe calf on Nov. 16. Born at roughly 6 feet tall and 150 pounds, the calf is currently bonding with her mother, Sunshine. The public will be invited to ...

Evidence suggests pythons may be evolving to tolerate colder climates farther north. These invasive snakes are primarily established in South Florida, south of Lake Okeechobee. As sections of the ...