“Big pythons longer than 16 feet are very rare ... They took detailed measurements of skull length, jaw length, and the contribution of soft tissues to the overall gape size.

Burmese pythons are an invasive species in Florida that can be humanely killed on private property with landowner permission. Humane killing requires immediate loss of consciousness followed by ...

Pythons use their long, ropey body to coil around prey, constricting until escape is impossible. They then open their jaw not by dislocation but thanks to stretchy ligaments, and—gulp!— ...

Dates for the 2025 Florida Python Challenge — a ten-day event to remove invasive Burmese pythons — are set and registration for the event is open. This year's hunt runs from July 11 to July 20 ...

Instead of a duck stuffed inside a chicken stuffed inside a turkey, a Florida scientist and her colleagues recently discovered an entire alligator stuck inside a Burmese python. Earlier this month ...

Pythons are non-native to Florida and non-venomous snakes. Burmese pythons are one of the largest snakes in the world. The ball python found in Vero Beach was "friendly" and docile when rescued.

Burmese pythons — large, nonvenomous constrictor snakes — are native to South Asia, but since they were introduced to Florida, they have become one of the most destructive invasive species the ...