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

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.

The Conservancy of Southwest Florida uses male pythons fitted with transmitters to track down female pythons before they can lay eggs. This photo shows (from left to right) Jaimie Kittle ...

For years, Florida officials have hunted down the ... A female python may lay up to 100 eggs, but the average is about 35 eggs. “Burmese pythons are about 24 inches long and weigh about 4 ...

What’s scary about these big snakes is their ability to swallow other animals, including whole deer and alligators.

The video was released as part of a study aimed at better understanding the impact pythons have on Florida's local ecosystem.

The video, recorded by wildlife biologist Ian Bartoszek of the Conservancy of Southwest Florida while scientists were ...