The snake appeared to be headed onto the busy street when it was found, an animal control officer said.

"My worst fear, they would be stuck in a dumpster, stuck in the bag and die." ...

Preserving what's left of a python after its caught and killed requires a great deal of time, skill and patience.

The annual amateur Florida Python Challenge gets hoopla and cash, but scientists harvest the real goods: tons of snakes and ...

Two Sanford police officers responded to an unusual call on June 22 after a large ball python was discovered inside an ...

Snakes have a reputation for being quick to strike, but several species rarely live up to that image. Breeders who work with these animals select for calm temperaments, and many of the snakes kept as ...

Burmese pythons are recognizable by more than their size. Hunters should be on the lookout for a telltale, arrow-shaped ...

Invasive reptiles may be quietly altering how plants regenerate, moving seeds across the Everglades and complicating efforts ...

Burmese pythons have been spreading across southern Florida for more than four decades, consuming native mammals at rates ...

Hunters participating in the Florida Python Challenge in July will have an abundance of python meet. But it is advised that ...

Burmese pythons may be the most destructive foreign animal in Florida Everglades history. The invasive snake was first recorded in the Everglades National Park in 1979 and quickly put a stranglehold ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has announced the return of the Florida Python Challenge. This is a ten ...