In the Everglades, python and gator conflict keeps rising as reproduction, spread, and hidden populations outpace control efforts.

In Palm Beach County, 69 Burmese pythons have been captured since 2006, according to the Early Detection and Distribution Mapping System, or EDDMapS. In addition, four have been found dead, and 24 ...

In the past three decades, invasive Burmese pythons have spread like the Florida Everglades. Taking out hundreds of native species and repopulating at lightning speed, pythons have dominated the ...

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 ...

Deep inside Indonesia’s forests, a rescued python stunned experts by stretching longer than any wild snake ever verified, ...

The Australian Conservation Foundation (AFC) conducted an analysis revealing that the federal government approved more than ...

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 ...

States away, non-native Burmese pythons have established a breeding population in Florida and they're spreading fast, with projections putting them in at least 15 American states by the turn of the ...

Coming face-to-face with a large snake is enough to make most people freeze. In this short video circulating online, however, two boys do the opposite — stepping in when they see a large python ...

Editor’s note: Bill Kearney, who covers the environment for the South Florida Sun Sentinel, headed out to the Everglades, where he experienced a python hunt … of the canine kind. I’m on my hands and ...

Luring animals by tapping into their sex drive is an age-old practice — deer hunters rattle antlers to bring in territorial bucks. Turkey hunters mimic a hen’s come-hither yelp. Now, researchers from ...

Learn why ball pythons are considered low risk pets and what care, habitat, and health needs to consider before owning one.