Burmese pythons are hunted and “humanely euthanized” in the Florida Everglades due to being an invasive species. They were introduced through the exotic pet trade, experts say. FWC photo by Kevin Enge ...

Editor's note: This story originally published in 2024. Python hunter Bayo Hernandez prefers his snake ground up like hamburger meat with ketchup, mustard, and mayo. Another hunter fancies the ...

To mark the beginning of the Year of the Snake, Critter Keeper's Randy Miller introduces us to Plasma, the blood python.

Pythons are famous for swallowing enormous meals whole—including morsels bigger than their own body mass. In order to digest these infrequent feasts, the snake’s heart works overtime by increasing its ...

The annual Florida Python Challenge starts July 11 at 12:01 a.m. ET and ends at 5 p.m. July 20. Participants can win more than $25,000 in prizes as they remove invasive Burmese pythons from South ...

The goal of constriction is not to break bones; instead, pythons cut off blood flow and oxygen, leading to asphyxiation or cardiac arrest. When a python attacks, death usually occurs within minutes.

It takes a lot to give professional snake wranglers the creeps, but it happened when a group of hunters captured a python plagued by blood-sucking ticks in Florida’s Everglades. If there’s such a ...

Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay’s recipe for the snake is diced python in a lettuce wrap with shallots, pineapple, and jalapeno. Florida Department of Health established an advisory of “do not consume ...