Coming face-to-face with a large snake is enough to make most people freeze. In this short video circulating online, however, two boys do the opposite — stepping in when they see a large python ...

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 ...

In the Everglades, python and gator conflict keeps rising as reproduction, spread, and hidden populations outpace control ...

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. Just ...

The largest python ever recorded demonstrated how extreme growth is biologically possible in constrictor snakes Unlike ...

A 15-foot Burmese python was caught swallowing a “full-sized” deer in Southwest Florida, proving the invasive apex predators are ambushing and eating bigger prey. The python was 115 pounds and the ...

Python hunter Carl Jackson has only been hunting snakes in Florida since June of 2025. He's off to a strong start with a near-record catch on Jan. 13.

Scientist on Burmese pythons: 'removing over 24 tons of python locally feels like a dent to me, but I’m biased.' ...

The South Florida Water Management District started its second year of the python elimination program. One hunter has stood out.

There are way more pythons than hunters to remove them in Florida. But the ones that do kill them can be paid full-time by ...

A dramatic video shows how python hunter Carl Jackson wrestled with a 200-pound snake that he estimates dragged him 10-15 feet.

Florida's Burmese pythons have reached a level of lore in Florida that perhaps no other animals have held here. They're the ultimate of swamp monsters. Pythons are gigantic predators from halfway ...