Florida man finds large snake at front door, calls 911 for help with wrangling it

A Florida man called 911 on Sunday to report a “big (expletive) python” at his front door, the Riviera Beach Police Department posted on Facebook.

Florida man wrangles 7-foot boa constrictor before heading to work

Police were called after a large boa constrictor appeared in a Palm Beach County neighborhood. Experts think it was an ...

We discovered lethal new fungal diseases in wild Australian reptiles. It’s time to act fast

When the results from skin tests came back, they revealed snake fungal disease, caused by Ophidiomyces ophidiicola, an ...
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Florida man calls 911 and says, 'There's a big-a** python at my door'

A quiet Sunday in Riviera Beach’s Woodbine neighborhood took an unexpected turn when a resident found a large snake stretched across the front door.

Studying snakes' ability to stand upright could inform soft robotics and more

Snakes may be best known for slithering. But consider that these animals also perform one of the most extreme feats of posture control found in nature: They can stand nearly straight upright on a ...