Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Biologist Ian Easterling, wearing a Santa Claus hat, appeared to be enjoying a stroll through the swampy terrain of Southwest ...

A Florida resident, with the help of friends, used a snare and ax to subdue a massive Burmese python that they had encountered Tuesday on the way home from dinner. Wade Gardner, of Rotonda West in ...

Pythons can tolerate saltwater and freshwater and have been observed swimming in Florida Bay and Biscayne Bay.

If they reach the ecosystem's carrying capacity in the Everglades, the pythons will spread, and that likely means into ...

DANIA BEACH, Fla. — Forget about horsepower or a tiger in your tank. A Mustang in South Florida had a snake under its hood. Call it an ignition coil. Wildlife authorities in Florida were called to a ...

Evidence suggests pythons may be evolving to tolerate colder climates farther north. These invasive snakes are primarily established in South Florida, south of Lake Okeechobee. As sections of the ...

Tracking a single male python through protected wetlands led biologists to one of the largest breeding females captured this year.