A post‑meal compound found in python blood curbed appetite in lab mice, hinting at future weight loss therapies.

A colony of African vervets in Dania Beach raises big questions about how humans can and should manage nonnative species.

On a warm and clear Wednesday morning in the Everglades, researchers Melissa Miller and Brandon Welty dug through grass and dirt in search of a ten-foot snake they had seen just a week before. Members ...

It was gator vs. python on a Florida golf course recently. The gator was victorious, though the creature sat still for hours — with the python's head in its jaws — as golfers took photos of the ...

After following all of the official rules and regulations, Freddy and Mike dressed to kill—in their knee-high snake boots, ...

The South Florida Water Management District is in its second year of managing a Python Removal Program. Winners win cash ...

Some families go to the beach or into the mountains together. Others prefer museums, movies, or theme parks. Carl Jackson’s clan, though, would rather be chasing invasive Burmese pythons through the ...

The snake was initially mistaken for an invasive Burmese python, which can be legally killed in Florida. Pablo's owner has had the snake for 20 years and it escaped during the commotion of his wife ...

Fort Pierce police arrested a man Thursday afternoon after a mother called 911 out of concern for her children. Florida man executed for killing young mom who called 911 from his car begging for help ...

A Florida man discovered a 7-foot boa constrictor in his driveway while on his way to work. The snake was identified as a boa constrictor, an invasive species in Florida, but likely a pet. A neighbor ...