(WSVN) - A new study unhinges the truth about the Burmese python’s feeding method. The snakes are invasive species in Florida and have the ability to swallow a sizable white-tail deer. Researchers ...

Able to stretch as long as a telephone pole and swallow an antelope or alligator whole, a python is a marvel of nature. Consider how it feeds: In the first 24 hours after devouring its massive prey, ...

An Australian snake catcher posted photos of a python that was caught with over 500 ticks living on it. Gold Coast and Brisbane Snake Catcher said on their Facebook that the snake that was caught was ...

Burmese pythons are believed to have arrived in South Florida as pets in the 1980s and then were released by frustrated owners who got tired of feeding them mice and other live meals. MIAMI HERALD ...

Recent sightings and captures of invasive Burmese pythons at Florida homes were caught on video. Are they invading urban areas?

A 13-foot-long python isn’t exactly what most parents would like to see their 5-year-old daughter cuddled up with. Sonny and Cher, a pair of reticulated pythons, live in a London, England, home with ...

A Florida man rescued an alligator from a python’s death grip in the Everglades this past weekend, and it was all caught on video. Jack Hubbard of Lakeland posted the gator-python video on his ...

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