Invasive reptiles may be quietly altering how plants regenerate, moving seeds across the Everglades and complicating efforts ...

Burmese pythons have proven to be formidable foes to large wildlife. Consequently, in habitats where the pythons live, there ...

UC Professor Bruce Jayne poses with a Burmese python specimen with a 22-centimeter gape, right, compared to an even larger specimen with a 26-centimeter gape. Credit: Bruce Jayne UC Professor Bruce ...

This Instagram post of a Burmese python eating a 77-pound white-tailed deer is quite horrifying. It teaches us a lot about the power of these incredible but invasive reptiles. At the same time, it ...

Researchers are tracking pythons with accelerometers to learn how they move and eat. Burmese pythons are connected with a 90% decrease in mammals in the Florida Everglades. Conservationists use ...

Scientists have discovered a new type of cell that helps Burmese pythons digest the entire skeletons of their prey. Pythons can eat prey over 100% of their body mass, including deer and bobcats.

Florida has an estimated alligator population of 1.3 million, and their mating season is underway. Warmer temperatures raise an alligator's metabolism and drive to find food.. Alligators are ...

Burmese pythons have already earned a reputation as one of Florida's most destructive invasive species, wiping out ...

It is not uncommon to spot a Burmese or reticulated python constricting and killing prey in their natural habitat. However, ...

Florida is home to a whopping 1.3 million alligators and mating season is underway. During breeding season, male gators become more aggressive and cover more ground in search of a mate or because a ...