The Burmese python is one of the largest snakes in the world. Adult snakes caught in Florida are between 6 and 9 feet on average, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

WASHINGTON -- You don't think of pythons as big-hearted toward their fellow creatures. They're better known for the bulge in their bodies after swallowing one of those creatures whole. But the snakes' ...

People at the University of Colorado Boulder thought Leslie Leinwand had lost her mind when she decided to start studying snakes nearly 20 years ago. It was a research paper that sparked her interest ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Ball python (Python regius) is a nonvenomous constrictor snake native to sub-Saharan Africa. Known for its docile ...

A surprising new University of Colorado Boulder study shows that huge amounts of fatty acids circulating in the bloodstreams of feeding pythons promote healthy heart growth, results that may have ...

A ball python, also called the royal python, is a less troublesome cousin to the Burmese, and has been eating its way through the Everglades for decades. Ball pythons are native to west sub Saharan ...

Pythons are non-native to Florida and non-venomous snakes. Burmese pythons are one of the largest snakes in the world. The ball python found in Vero Beach was "friendly" and docile when rescued. A ...