On a fall day in Gainesville, Georgia, Justin Kobylka, the forty-two-year-old owner of Kinova Reptiles, was preparing to cut open two clutches of snake eggs. He was hoping to hit upon some valuable, ...

Can you tell a $30 Ball Python from a $5,000 morph? In this epic price challenge, we put reptile lovers to the test. With wild patterns, rare genetics, and some sneaky surprises, this is way harder ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. More than 4,200 species of snakes exist on the planet and ...