MIAMI — The voracious Burmese python has done widespread damage to the Everglades food chain, pretty much wiping out populations of small mammals like marsh bunnies and gulping down everything from ...

What kind of meat is the most sustainable? According to a study of farms in Thailand and Vietnam that raise snakes for meat, it might be pythons. When it comes to the efficiency of converting food ...

Farming snakes as a high-protein, low-fat food source may be a more sustainable way of taking the pressure off conventional livestock farming which has been ravaged by climate change and diminishing ...

It's no secret that the meat industry has been devastating our environment for quite some time. It's responsible for high percentages of the world's greenhouse gas emissions, widespread deforestation, ...

With the global quest for sustainable food sources becoming more urgent, scientists have zeroed in on new alternatives to traditional livestock — including snakes. In a year-long study published in ...

Picture this: a farm where the phrase "the other white meat" takes on a whole new meaning. It’s where farmers swap their pitchforks for snake tongs and hooks, where the scales are tipped in favor of ...

Python meat could feed the planet as a high-quality protein as global agriculture faces continuing challenges, a new study's co-author said. Published in Scientific Reports, the study found that ...