Just when you thought you knew everything about one of Florida's least-favorite invasive species, a surprise emerges. Scientists have discovered a new type of cell that helps Burmese pythons digest ...

Frigid temperatures have made their to Florida. Here's how the cold weather impacts the invasive Burmese python.

UC Professor Bruce Jayne poses with a Burmese python specimen with a 22-centimeter gape, right, compared to an even larger specimen with a 26-centimeter gape. Credit: Bruce Jayne UC Professor Bruce ...

In a nightmare turn of events, the snake dragged Heru off the boat and into the water, where he disappeared under the surface ...

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.

They’re found in all sorts of places — in backyards, under a car in a driveway in Miami-Dade, crossing a housing development ...

Burmese pythons possess a remarkable ability to swallow and digest prey significantly larger than their heads. This ...

Friday is the first day of the 2025 Florida Python Challenge, when avid and amateur hunters alike can compete for cash prizes as they work to rid the Everglades of the ravenous, invasive Burmese ...

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

Iguanas can freeze and fall from trees, then become easy prey; pythons can shiver to stay alive from the cold weather.

Among the cypress and saw grass of South Florida, a new weapon in the state's fight to remove invasive pythons lurks, waiting to entice its prey. Yes, it's a mechanical rabbit. Just don’t call it the ...