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, ...

Burmese pythons, an invasive species in the Everglades, are being hunted and their skins used for luxury goods. Hunters like Zach Hoffman and Amy Siewe detail the process of skinning and preparing ...