ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - A Burmese python found in Florida set records as the largest such snake ever captured in the state at 17-feet, 7-inches (5.36 metres) and the most prolific reproducer ...

Across South Florida, giant snakes that once seemed like exotic escapees are now entrenched residents, reshaping ecosystems ...

When python researchers Ian Bartoszek and Ian Easterling tracked a male “scout snake” with a radio transmitter, they expected him to lead them to a big female Burmese python. What they found was much ...

Even tour guides at Everglades National Park in Florida were stunned to see this: an alligator swimming with its catch -- a huge Burmese python. Kelly Alvarez recorded video last Thursday, calling it ...

A 17-foot, 100kg Burmese python, the largest recorded in the Barak Valley, was discovered on the Assam University campus, causing panic. Wildlife experts, aided by students and security, safely ...

Once imported to Florida as exotic pets, Burmese pythons have become one of the most devastating invasive species the state ...

Snakes aren't the only invaders threatening ecosystems. In many neighborhoods, invasive plants can be an equal menace.

A ball python was recovered from a home in Vero Beach on April 29 after being reported to Indian River County Animal Control. The 4- to 4½-foot male ball python was removed from the property and ...

A Florida man encountered a nearly 12-foot-long Burmese python — an invasive species — in the road while coming home from ...

The scale at which the Burmese python is able to decimate the native wildlife population in South Florida continues to astonish biologists studying to eradicate the invasive species. Researchers in ...