Are pythons aggressive toward humans when captured? FWC: Burmese pythons are a cryptic species and, similar to other snake species, their first defense is to blend in with the environment. When ...

Alligator Alcatraz is a temporary migrant detention center located in the Big Cypress National Preserve near the Florida Everglades. The location was intentionally chosen for its harsh environment: a ...

People at the University of Colorado Boulder thought Leslie Leinwand had lost her mind when she decided to start studying snakes nearly 20 years ago. It was a research paper that sparked her interest ...

Frigid temperatures have made their to Florida. Here's how the cold weather impacts the invasive Burmese python.

Burmese pythons are an invasive species from Southeast Asia now established in South Florida. While freezing temperatures can ...

They hunt in a nightmarish way ― grabbing prey as it passes. Once secured with a bite, pythons wrap their bodies around their prey and crush them.

WASHINGTON -- You don't think of pythons as big-hearted toward their fellow creatures. They're better known for the bulge in their bodies after swallowing one of those critters whole. But the snakes' ...