A new arrival is turning heads at the Brevard Zoo, where staff recently welcomed an adult male Burmese python into its care.

Florida is home to some of the most unique ecosystems in the United States, from the vast wetlands of the Everglades to ...

Take a look at this Instagram post of a Burmese python swallowing a white-tailed deer and learn about the science behind the clip.

François Leroy received funding from the National Science Foundation (OISE-2330423) and from the European Research Council (Grant No. 101044740). Views and opinions expressed are however those of the ...

When it comes to a boa vs python, how can you tell these two snakes a part? Read here to learn about some of their differences!

Florida's Python Elimination Program pays certified hunters to remove the invasive snakes from the Everglades. Burmese pythons have caused a severe decline in native small mammal populations in South ...

A new study suggests a substance in python blood could lead to new weight loss therapies for humans. The mice given the substance lost 9% of their body weight over 28 days. Scientists believe this ...

Aluminum is being offered to Japanese buyers at the highest premium in 11 years, as war in the Middle East constricts supply of one of the world’s most widely used materials. Rio Tinto Group on ...

Every time a Burmese python swallows a meal, something remarkable happens inside its body. Its heart expands by a quarter. Its metabolism accelerates by a factor of thousands. Organs that had shrunk ...

On a warm and clear Wednesday morning in the Everglades, researchers Melissa Miller and Brandon Welty dug through grass and dirt in search of a ten-foot snake they had seen just a week before. Members ...

North American bird populations are shrinking and, in many places, the rate of their decline is accelerating, likely due to warming temperatures and intensive agriculture, a new study in the journal ...