Shocking because he says no Florida-based scientist had ever recorded a python swallowing a full-sized whitetail deer. He has for years, however, suspected that this kind of predation is happening on ...

The impact of invasive Burmese pythons on Florida's Everglades is highlighted as researchers observe one consuming a ...

The encounter, while unfortunate for the deer, advances understandings of what kind of threats this invasive species poses to Florida’s ecosystem: The new findings show pythons can eat larger ...

Shocking because he says no Florida-based scientist had ever recorded a python swallowing a full-sized whitetail deer. He has for years, however, suspected that this kind of predation is happening ...

Snake lungworm disease, which infects at least 19 snake species, is poised to spread throughout the southeastern U.S.

SO WE ALL KIND CHILLED LATE ON THE GROUND NEARBY ... THESE ANIMALS ARE HAVING TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON OUR NATIVE WILDLIFE IN SOUTH FLORIDA. AND THAT PYTHON WAS HUMANELY EUTHANIZED FOR FURTHER RESEARCH.

An invasive Burmese python in the Everglades was spotted eating a white-tailed deer around 67% of its mass by stretching its mouth to almost the maximum width of what is physically possible.

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A new study conducted by biologists with the Conservancy of Southwest Florida reveals that Burmese pythons are capable of consuming larger prey than scientists realized.

Florida’s invasive Burmese pythons can swallow native deer and alligators completely, according to a new study – as a jaw-dropping video showed one of the snakes taking down a deer in one gulp.

Biologists studying the invasive reptiles’ impacts on Florida wildlife recently documented the extraordinary predation event.

The Burmese python is already considered a destructive force in the South Florida ecosystem. A new collaborative study that the Conservancy of Southwest Florida in Naples was part of has revealed ...

Ian Bartoszek, Conservancy of Southwest Florida Scientists in Florida shared a remarkable moment this week: a Burmese python swallowing a 77-pound white-tailed deer whole. The video, recorded by ...