They hunt in a nightmarish way ― grabbing prey as it passes. Once secured with a bite, pythons wrap their bodies around their prey and crush them.

Burmese pythons are an invasive species from Southeast Asia now established in South Florida. While freezing temperatures can ...

US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, who has championed the ban, said it would take effect within about 60 days and make it illegal to import the snakes or transport them across state lines. Salazar ...

Florida is grappling with an increasing population of Burmese pythons and the city administration recently deployed rabbit robot decoys to lure, track and remove the snakes. However, a new study ...

It was about 2 in the morning when Claudilio Cruz, a member of a road crew spreading asphalt on U.S. 1 in the affluent Miami suburb of Pinecrest, heard frantic honking. When he looked up he was ...

In Florida's Big Cypress National Preserve, researchers documented a Burmese python regurgitating a deer due to a cold snap, marking the first such observation without human interference. This ...

MARTIN COUNTY — Gov. Ron DeSantis on Oct. 21 announced a new partnership with a Miami-based company to help remove more invasive Burmese pythons from the Everglades, where they have decimated native ...