Researchers in Florida are using an unexpected tool to help fight invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades: opossums. Because opossums are one of the snakes’ favorite prey, scientists discovered ...

What began as a family outing to help remove invasive snakes from Florida's Everglades quickly turned into a terrifying fight for survival. Carl Jackson believed he had spotted a Burmese python ...

Southwest Florida-shot documentary "The Python Hunt" saw a limited run in U.S. theaters earlier this year. Now the movie's ...

Most animals know better than to get too close to a snake. But mongooses are not most animals. In the tense viral video shown above, a python appears to grab one mongoose, and within seconds, the rest ...

Burmese pythons are fairly distinct once they reach adulthood. But smaller members of the species can be mistaken for native Florida snakes. Those often misidentified as Burmese pythons include the ...

Florida pays contracted hunters to remove invasive Burmese pythons from the Everglades. Native to Southeast Asia, the pythons have caused a severe decline in native mammal populations. Conservative ...

The Conservancy of Southwest Florida python team came across are massive female snake while conducting research in the field ...