They estimated that the python could be at least 10% longer if she were sedated.

Rachel Bloor found a reptile in her bed on Monday In the middle of the night on Monday, Rachel Bloor stirred in her bed to find a heavy weight curled up on her chest. Half asleep, she reached out for ...

The government shutdown, which stretched into its 35th day Tuesday, has tied the record for the longest in U.S. history. The current shutdown began Oct. 1, after Congress failed to strike a deal to ...

Government shutdowns aren’t rare. Since the 1980s, we’ve had 15 — four in the past 12 years alone. And if there’s one thing they’ve all taught us, it’s that real people pay the price while everything ...

Silicon Valley is obsessed with “TBPN,” a streaming show on which no career move is too trivial to document. Jordi Hays, left, and John Coogan are the hosts of “TBPN.”Credit...Philip Cheung for The ...

The 2025 Florida Python Challenge yielded 294 Burmese pythons, the most since the challenge began. Taylor Stanberry won the Ultimate Grand Prize of $10,000 for capturing 60 pythons. A total of 294 ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine that someone gives you a list of five numbers: 1, 6, 21, 107, and—wait for it—47,176,870. Can you guess what comes next? If ...

A water management district in Florida’s Everglades is using robot rabbits to help monitor and eventually eliminate its ever-growing population of invasive Burmese pythons that have wreaked havoc on ...

Three hunters captured a massive Burmese python in the Florida Everglades on May 31, 2025. The longest Burmese python ever recorded was 19 feet long, caught in 2023. The heaviest python caught weighed ...

Three Florida men caught a 16-foot, 8-inch Burmese python weighing 105 pounds near Everglades City. The massive snake was captured and ethically dispatched after being spotted on the road. While this ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) aims to help recently released inmates stay out of prison by providing immediate paid employment and skills training. “How I see it, ...