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 eaten everything in its path, including full-sized White-tailed deer whole ...

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 ...

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.

Nonnative wildlife species also pose threats to local ecosystems, namely invasive Burmese pythons. The giant snakes have established breeding populations in the preserve and prey on mammals like ...

Tilt-A-Whirl meets architecture! This leaning tower of quirkiness makes the Pisa folks look like amateurs. Photo credit: ...

Burmese pythons are not Florida native reptiles. They are popular among some folks, though, who keep them legally as pets. But the cute little wrigglers quickly grow into big eating machines and a big ...

Ceramics teacher Anne Gorden-Vega is working with the state to restore the Everglades by rooting out a non-native, invasive snake species. Ceramics teacher Anne Gorden-Vega is working with the state ...

For 188 years, the king cobra has been represented by a single species, Ophiophagus hannah. But this widely distributed ...

The world’s only Key deer, the smallest subspecies of the white-tailed deer, are found in piney and marshy wetlands<a ...