Docile, furry and cute to some, possums have become an unexpected ally in the effort to slow the invasion of Burmese pythons, ...

Most headlines about invasive species focus on snakes. Burmese pythons in Florida, brown tree snakes in Guam, and Boa ...

Pythons are spreading north in Florida, adapting to cold by using burrows. Scientists warn Brevard County is at risk.

Carl Jackson caught a nearly 17-ft long Burmese python weighing over 200lbs as part of an effort to rid Florida of the ...

Burmese pythons can also swallow much bigger prey, due to their ability to open their flexible jaws even wider than their ...

MIAMI — A nationwide ban on importing four giant snake species or transporting them across state lines is costing reptile breeders, handlers, hobbyists and vendors millions and should be overturned, ...

Python researcher Bruce Jayne urges people to not be afraid of the nonvenomous snakes but his descriptions of how they trap, squeeze and kill their prey might make you squeamish Wendy Grossman Kantor ...

BRADENTON — Florida Sen. Bill Nelson’s efforts to make it illegal to import and trade nine dangerous snakes, including Burmese pythons, isn’t sitting well with those in the reptile industry. Nelson ...

A lawsuit filed last week in federal court in Washington, D.C., seeks to overturn the ban. The North Carolina-based United States Association of Reptile Keepers says the ban is unnecessary and ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A new regulation in Arkansas that prohibits anyone from breeding, selling or importing any of five large python species without a permit has received backlash from critics who ...

A reptile hunter sprang into action last week to remove a 16-foot python that was slithering around a dumpster at a Los Angeles apartment building. Dramatic video shows 24-year-old Joseph Hart — ...

MIAMI (AP) — A nationwide ban on importing four giant snake species or transporting them across state lines is costing reptile breeders, handlers, hobbyists and vendors millions and should be ...