Carl Jackson caught a nearly 17-ft long Burmese python weighing over 200lbs as part of an effort to rid Florida of the ...

Burmese pythons can also swallow much bigger prey, due to their ability to open their flexible jaws even wider than their ...

One python hunter, Anthony Flanagan, had a busy March eliminating the invasive snakes. He was rewarded by the South Florida ...

Florida is home to some of the most unique ecosystems in the United States, from the vast wetlands of the Everglades to ...

Burmese pythons, one of the largest snake species in the world, could be the most destructive invasive animal in Florida Everglades history. They can swim, burrow and climb trees, and they eat almost ...

Florida's Burmese pythons have reached a level of lore in Florida that perhaps no other animals have held in the state. They're the ultimate of swamp monsters. Pythons are gigantic predators from ...

A professional snake hunter had his hands full earlier this month, as he grappled with the second-heaviest Burmese python ever caught in Florida. Carl Jackson, 43, was dragged 10 to 15 feet over red ...

During the Florida Python Challenge, one family walked away with the competition’s top prize after an impressive showing in ...

This Everglades invasive predator has successfully made this area its home, and it's a big problem.

Burmese pythons have pretty irregular eating habits. One of these giant reptiles can swallow an entire antelope whole and then go up to a year and a half without additional meals. Now, scientists have ...

If researchers were to create a snake-derived drug that gives humans the ability to not eat for 18 months, what name should ...