These constrictors belong to the family Pythonidae. A few species in this family include the ball python, Burmese python, and reticulated python; the latter is the longest snake alive. What sets these ...

Talk about a wild discovery. A team of wildlife experts in Southwest Florida came across a huge pile of snakes in a marsh that totaled 500 pounds. The startling sight took place on Feb. 21 in Naples, ...

A ball python, also called the royal python, is a less troublesome cousin to the Burmese, and has been eating its way through the Everglades for decades. Ball pythons are native to west sub Saharan ...

A ball python was recovered from a home in Vero Beach on April 29 after being reported to Indian River County Animal Control. The 4- to 4½-foot male ball python was removed from the property and ...

As the 5-foot-long ball python coiled itself around my neck, its muscles rippling as it tightened its grip on my jugular, I considered whether I had made a grave mistake diving into the experience of ...

The Florida Python Challenge is a 10-day competition to remove invasive Burmese pythons. The competition raises awareness of the threat these snakes pose to the Everglades ecosystem. Burmese pythons ...