Pythons can tolerate saltwater and freshwater and have been observed swimming in Florida Bay and Biscayne Bay.

The python captured in Los Angeles is identified as a carpet python, a non-venomous constrictor species native to Australia. These snakes are known for their distinctive patterns and can grow to ...

If they reach the ecosystem's carrying capacity in the Everglades, the pythons will spread, and that likely means into ...

A Burmese python sits in the grass at Everglades Holiday Park in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., in 2019. FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Burmese pythons are too good at what they do — they’re nearly undetectable ...

Python researcher Bruce Jayne urges people to not be afraid of the nonvenomous snakes but his descriptions of how they trap, squeeze and kill their prey might make you squeamish Wendy Grossman Kantor ...

A hunter shooting a gun to kill a python? Forbidden. What about freezing the snake to kill it? Prohibited. A python run over by a car? Not allowed. These types of killings have happened before, though ...

As a former National Park Service ranger, I understand the need to rein in the population of illegally released, quickly overpopulating, invasive python species in Florida dubbed “reptiles of concern.

A new study into pythons and boas has for the first time found the two groups of snakes evolved independently to share similar traits, shedding new light on how the reptiles evolved. Pythons and boas ...

Zoo owner Peter Child has made an impassioned plea for the “heartless” thief to return the juvenile freshwater crocodile, as well as two pythons named “Tim Tam” and “Zebra”, after the brazen robbery ...

A snake has completed an extraordinary interstate journey from Queensland to the Central Coast, after hitching an eight-hour ...

In early February, Florida wildlife officers visited a reptile dealer in Sunrise to investigate illegal possession of snakes, enforcing a new law designed to prevent further infestations of the state ...

FORT MYERS, Fla. — As quick as a mongoose, 90-pound, 5-foot-2-inch Lindsay McAfee pounced on the 7-foot Burmese python, pinned its head to the ground with an aluminum snake hook and stowed it in a ...