The Burmese python is classified as an invasive species, and is firmly established in South Florida. It's making its way farther north.

When python researchers Ian Bartoszek and Ian Easterling tracked a male “scout snake” with a radio transmitter, they expected him to lead them to a big female Burmese python. What they found ...

Burmese pythons can consume prey six times larger than some other snake species of similar size. This is the facing-view of the deer-eating snake's gape of 10.2 inches.

As Burmese pythons threaten Florida habitats, a local program incentivizes residents to assist with capturing and killing them. Aaron Mann won the top prize of $1,000 after wrangling 87 of the snakes ...

She says the Burmese python looked like it was twice the size of the 12-foot alligator, which would break the record for longest Burmese python ever found in the Everglades.

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – A new study conducted by biologists with the Conservancy of Southwest Florida reveals that Burmese pythons are capable of consuming larger prey than scientists previously ...

WATCH: Burmese python swallows 77-pound white-tailed deer Florida’s invasive snakes can eat bigger prey than scientists previously realized, a study in Journal of Reptiles & Amphibians concluded.

A 13-foot-long Burmese python was removed from someone's home in western New York and relocated to the Fort Rickey Discovery Zoo.

"Burmese pythons have a brain relative to their skull size comparable to other species of snakes, not any larger than would be expected for a snake their size. Snakes have elongated brains that ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – A new study conducted by biologists with the Conservancy of Southwest Florida reveals that Burmese pythons are capable of consuming larger prey than scientists previously ...

WATCH: Burmese python swallows 77-pound white-tailed deer Florida’s invasive snakes can eat bigger prey than scientists previously realized, a study in Journal of Reptiles & Amphibians concluded.

WATCH: Burmese python swallows 77-pound deer, proving they can eat bigger prey than scientists realized Conservancy of Southwest Florida Conservancy of Southwest Florida Conservancy of Southwest ...