If they reach the ecosystem's carrying capacity in the Everglades, the pythons will spread, and that likely means into ...

The Conservancy of Southwest Florida made a Facebook post showing a wildlife wearing a Santa hat with Burmese python on his ...

A University of Florida study found that snake bites in the state are an understudied but avoidable risk. Most venomous snake bites in Florida occurred when people, primarily men, intentionally ...

A woman in Palm City, Florida, found a python under the hood of her car, wrapped around the engine, the Martin County Sheriff’s Office says. Martin County Sheriff’s Office photo A “shocked” Florida ...

A team of researchers with the University of Kentucky is contributing to a nationwide effort to understand a fungal disease impacting native snake species. Ophidiomycosis, or snake fungal disease (SFD ...

CLEARWATER, Fla. — A Florida woman got quite the surprise when she found a snake slithering across the hood of her car. Clearwater Police responded promptly to the scene and safely removed the snake.

Florida couple Christina Kraus and Aaron Mann captured 87 invasive pythons from the Everglades in July, setting that month’s record and netting them thousands of dollars in payouts for helping remove ...

Burmese pythons are an invasive species in South Florida, negatively impacting native wildlife and ecosystems. State and federal programs pay contracted hunters to find and remove the invasive snakes ...

Difficulty digesting large meals may limit where these temperature-sensitive snakes can call home — and that might be a good thing in places where they're invasive. When you purchase through links on ...

Snake bite season is underway in South Florida, with Miami-Dade Fire Rescue warning that the hotter months from April through October bring a surge in snake activity and an increase in emergency calls ...

Three Burmese pythons were recently found at Florida homes, including one discovered inside a truck engine. While pythons generally avoid urban areas, they are known to inhabit nearby environments, ...

They look, move and even smell like the kind of furry Everglades marsh rabbit a Burmese python would love to eat. But these bunnies are robots meant to lure the giant invasive snakes out of their ...