Peter's rock agama is spreading in Florida, and experts fear it may increase your risk of mosquito-borne diseases.

Burmese pythons are among the largest snakes in the world. Adult animals average between 10 and 16 feet long, according to the University of Florida. The large, nonvenomous constrictor snakes are ...

Vultures raiding a Burmese python nest in Broward County might sound like classic Florida weirdness, but University of Florida researchers said the discovery marks the first documented case of native ...

We are right in the middle of Burmese python nesting season in South Florida, and one recent discovery is highlighting just how adaptable this invasive species has become. A python was found hiding ...

CUTLER BAY, Fla. — A South Florida man taking a morning stroll discovered a Burmese python and a nest containing 20 eggs that were tucked away underneath a sidewalk. Eyi Danielo was walking in the ...

Every year, hundreds of professional hunters, thrill-seekers, and curious amateurs descend on South Florida for the annual Florida Python Challenge — a 10-day competition aimed at removing invasive ...

Scientists tracking invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades got a surprise at a nest in the Francis S. Taylor Wildlife Management Area, where they watched vultures chow down on a clutch of python ...

“How do they do that?” is a reasonable response to certain things we see in nature. Pythons and snakes like them can eat prey as big as they are, sometimes even bigger, and digest their massive single ...

A Burmese python named Harriet has challenged scientific understanding of the species' reproductive cycle. Harriet produced six clutches of eggs over seven reproductive cycles, a much higher rate than ...

A prospective Burmese python owner was met with a wave of blunt warnings online after asking whether it would be safe to adopt the snake while living alone — and whether a taser could stop it in an ...

New research suggests python blood could hold the key to a new weight-loss drug, as the snake metabolite suppresses appetites in mice. It is the appetite-suppressing compound in python blood that ...