Most animals know better than to get too close to a snake. But mongooses are not most animals. In the tense viral video shown ...

Police in Ohio said a report of "unwanted slithering" in a Westlake neighborhood resulted in the detention of a ball python.

Pythons are not the easiest animals to find. This well camouflaged and secretive species is able to blend perfectly into the environment. Detection rates for pythons are low, and on average it takes ...

Pythons can go weeks without eating. Now researchers have isolated an appetite-suppressing metabolite in python blood that ...

Scientists in Florida have found an unexpected tool in the fight against invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades: opossums wearing GPS collars. When a python eats a collared opossum, the tracking ...

Burmese pythons are fairly distinct once they reach adulthood. But smaller members of the species can be mistaken for native Florida snakes. Those often misidentified as Burmese pythons include the ...

Florida's invasive Burmese python may have met its match with the opossum. USA TODAY Researchers in Florida are using an unexpected tool to help fight invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades: ...