Earth may not host kaiju-level behemoth snakes like Titanoboa or Vasuki anymore, but it still has some pretty large specimens ...

Snakes have lost the gene that encodes ghrelin, a hormone that helps regulate hunger in many vertebrates, according to a new study.

Velvet worms are among the most unusual predators found in humid forests and caves. These soft-bodied invertebrates hunt by ejecting twin streams of adhesive slime that rapidly harden around their ...

Asian swamp eels are spreading through the Everglades and decimating crayfish populations, leading to comparisons with ...

The South Florida Water Management District is in its second year of managing a Python Removal Program. Winners win cash ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. African rock pythons are powerful constrictors capable of swallowing prey much wider than their heads. Horned antelope like ...

Scientists have discovered a new type of cell that helps Burmese pythons digest the entire skeletons of their prey. Pythons can eat prey over 100% of their body mass, including deer and bobcats. Just ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Just when you thought you knew everything about one of Florida's least-favorite invasive species, a surprise emerges. Scientists ...

Donna Kalil, one of Florida’s most famed snake hunters, usually hates seeing invasive pythons get away, but on a postcard-pretty morning a few days before Christmas, she teamed up with researchers ...

Researchers with the Conservancy of Southwest Florida observed this 15-foot-long Burmese python swallowing a 77-pound deer in the Everglades National Park. Credit: Ian Bartoszek/Conservancy of ...

The scale at which the Burmese python is able to decimate the native wildlife population in South Florida continues to astonish biologists studying to eradicate the invasive species. Researchers in ...