Ball pythons are one of the most popular pet snakes, and their name comes from a simple defense strategy. When they feel ...

Jay examines two ball python clutches, identifying an infertile egg and preparing perlite for incubation. He checks the ...

The goal is to develop tools, like a smartphone app, to help python hunters be more efficient in the field. A quantitative ...

Carl Jackson caught this year's heaviest Burmese python in Florida. Could the next catch happen in Palm Beach County?

Vultures raiding a Burmese python nest in Broward County might sound like classic Florida weirdness, but University of Florida researchers said the discovery marks the first documented case of native ...

Burmese pythons — destructive and invasive snakes with few natural predators in Florida — have developed a foothold outside the Everglades.

Pythons don't nibble. They chomp, squeeze, and swallow their prey whole in a meal that can approach 100% of their body weight. But even as they slither stealthily around the forest, months or even a ...