The new year started off with a bang when a python hunter caught a 202-pound female python. That's a lot of meat to eat. But ...

A dramatic video shows how python hunter Carl Jackson wrestled with a 200-pound snake that he estimates dragged him 10-15 feet.

The incident took place in October 2020. The reticulated python sought to defend itself by constricting the Burmese python but loosened its grip after it was subjugated, scientists said. Burmese ...

The Burmese python is already considered a destructive force in the South Florida ecosystem. A new collaborative study that the Conservancy of Southwest Florida in Naples was part of has revealed ...

Python hunter Bayo Hernandez prefers his snake ground up like hamburger meat with ketchup, mustard, and mayo. Another hunter fancies the slithering scourge of the Everglades in a stir fry or chili.

Burmese pythons are unwanted and taking over the Everglades. An estimated half a million of these snakes are decimating the natural ecosystem by eating the native mammals like deer, bobcats, squirrels ...

Scientists in Florida shared a remarkable moment this week: a Burmese python swallowing a 77-pound white-tailed deer whole. The video, recorded by wildlife biologist Ian Bartoszek of the Conservancy ...

The South Florida Water Management District started its second year of the python elimination program. One hunter has stood ...

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TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – A new study conducted by biologists with the Conservancy of Southwest Florida reveals that Burmese pythons are capable of consuming larger prey than scientists previously realized ...

A ball python, also called the royal python, is a less troublesome cousin to the Burmese, and has been eating its way through the Everglades for decades. Ball pythons are native to west sub Saharan ...

For thousands of years, snakes have been used in art, literature, religious texts and more. From Adam and Eve's temptation in the Garden of Eden to Medusa with her hair of snakes that turned anyone ...