A large ball python found slithering in the parking lot of a Chili's restaurant in North Carolina turned out to have been an escaped pet missing for two months.

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

People may associate large snakes with tropical regions like Brazil and Africa. However, many types of large snakes live a ...

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 ...

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 ...

A photo out of South Florida went viral after it captured a massive 15-foot-long python opening its jaw wide enough to ...

while the deer weighed about 77 pounds -- representing 93% of the snake's maximal gape area, the size of their mouth opening, according to the paper. Burmese pythons can consume meals equivalent to ...

More specifically, animal control officials at the Martin County Sheriff's Office are urging people to be on the lookout for ...

Copperheads are found only in a small area just west of Tallahassee and in a few counties in the western Panhandle, according to the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences ...

Look away those with a fear of snakes - Burmese pythons can consume prey even larger than scientists realized, according to a ...