The Burmese python is one of the largest snakes in the world. That's the invasive species that's been wreaking havoc across ...

Snake lungworm disease, which infects at least 19 snake species, is poised to spread throughout the southeastern U.S.

Invasive Burmese pythons continue to devastate native wildlife populations in South Florida, swallowing prey as large as deer and alligators whole. Recently, biologists witnessed a significant and ...

Studies indicate Burmese pythons' gape size is bigger than previously thought, allowing them to consume larger prey and significantly impact Florida's ecosystem by preying on larger animals. A new stu ...

EVERGLADES NAT'L PARK, Fla. – For years, the Burmese python has run rampant in the Florida Everglades. The invasive snake has ...

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Amy Siewe, who is well known in South Florida’s python-hunting community, is pioneering new territory in the wildlife guiding ...

Pythons have famously cartoonish eating habits, and they might be even better at it than we thought. A new study has found ...

(Conservancy of Southwest Florida) The Conservancy of Southwest Florida released a video of a female Burmese python eating a white-tailed deer while a crew of scientists observed on the sidelines on ...

Based on the prey items researchers found inside Burmese pythons, researchers know they will kill and consume animals nearly too big to swallow. Researchers observed one snake consuming a 77-pound ...

What’s scary about these big snakes is their ability to swallow other animals, including whole deer and alligators.

The snake enlarged its jaw to fit around the deer’s entire torso – leaving its legs and hooves hanging out on the grass.