Despite being tragically misunderstood by most people, snakes are fascinating, diverse, and intelligent animals who deserve ...

COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — Deep in Florida’s Everglades, it’s apparently a cat-eat-snake world. The discovery of a dead 13 ...

Biologists tracking a big python found it dead, chewed up and buried. They launched into a CSI-like investigation that ...

Dates for the 2025 Florida Python Challenge, a 10-day event aimed at removing invasive Burmese pythons, have been announced by FWC.

Dates for the 2025 Florida Python Challenge, a 10-day event aimed at removing invasive Burmese pythons, have been announced by FWC.

The 14.8-foot, 115-pound snake was observed in Florida's Everglades stretching its jaws to 93% of their maximum capacity a record-breaking feat to engulf the deer, which constituted nearly 67% of its ...

Yes. Alligators in Florida eat Burmese pythons and there's proof. In a 2023 USGS study, baby Burmese pythons were outfitted with radio transmitters. Five of the pythons were eaten by alligators.

Burmese pythons are nonvenomous, but they're one of the most destructive invasive species in Florida. Can you shoot them?

Burmese pythons reproduce in great numbers, according to the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), and eat anything from eggs to small deer. The pythons can consume meals ...

Alligators are opportunistic and eat a varied diet, including snakes.. Alligators and Burmese pythons are known to prey on each other in Florida's ecosystem. Florida is home to a whopping 1.3 ...