Pythons can tolerate saltwater and freshwater and have been observed swimming in Florida Bay and Biscayne Bay.

The panic sets in immediately, especially when you realize the threat is no ordinary garden snake. It’s a green anaconda, one ...

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

This is the dramatic moment brave drivers dragged away a giant anaconda that was blocking a road in Brazil. Motorists spotted the 18ft serpent crossing the Marechal Rondon Highway (SP-300), between ...

It was about 2 in the morning when Claudilio Cruz, a member of a road crew spreading asphalt on U.S. 1 in the affluent Miami suburb of Pinecrest, heard frantic honking. When he looked up he was ...

It stopped in for a bite. Fast food workers got a large-scale surprise when they spotted a massive python slithering around an In-N-Out burger joint in California. The non-venomous snake made its ...

Animal mimicry is one of the most fascinating displays of strategy in the animal kingdom. By mimicking other, more ferocious animals, weaker animals can escape unscathed during encounters with ...

Just when you thought you knew everything about one of Florida's least-favorite invasive species, a surprise emerges. Scientists have discovered a new type of cell that helps Burmese pythons digest ...

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.

Researchers discover the secret behind Burmese pythons' ability to fully digest the bones of their prey. Everglades NPS from Homestead, Florida, United States, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons ...