Thousands of invasive Burmese pythons are spread out across more than a thousand square miles of South Florida. The first record of a Burmese python in the Everglades was in 1979. Since then, they've ...

What is a ball python snake? And why isn't this 'nice cousin' to the Burmese hunted in Florida? We explain the details.

Burmese pythons are hunted and euthanized in the Florida Everglades due to being an invasive species. Some countries farm python to eat and Australian researchers say its the best meat for the planet.

Humans may well have an evolutionary fear of snakes. And even though it’s relatively rare, we likely think of pythons swallowing people whole. But sometime in the future, the very opposite may be true ...

The Burmese python is already considered a destructive force in the South Florida ecosystem. A new collaborative study that the Conservancy of Southwest Florida in Naples was part of has revealed ...

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 ...

Difficulty digesting large meals may limit where these temperature-sensitive snakes can call home — and that might be a good ...

A 15-foot Burmese python was caught swallowing a “full-sized” deer in Southwest Florida, proving the invasive apex predators are ambushing and eating bigger prey. The python was 115 pounds and the ...

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 ...