A new arrival is turning heads at the Brevard Zoo, where staff recently welcomed an adult male Burmese python into its care.

As a former National Park Service ranger, I understand the need to rein in the population of illegally released, quickly overpopulating, invasive python species in Florida dubbed “reptiles of concern.

This Instagram post of a Burmese python eating a 77-pound white-tailed deer is quite horrifying. It teaches us a lot about ...

MIAMI (AP) — A nationwide ban on importing four giant snake species or transporting them across state lines is costing reptile breeders, handlers, hobbyists and vendors millions and should be ...

FORT MYERS, Fla. — As quick as a mongoose, 90-pound, 5-foot-2-inch Lindsay McAfee pounced on the 7-foot Burmese python, pinned its head to the ground with an aluminum snake hook and stowed it in a ...

BRADENTON — Florida Sen. Bill Nelson’s efforts to make it illegal to import and trade nine dangerous snakes, including Burmese pythons, isn’t sitting well with those in the reptile industry. Nelson ...

Capturing a 13-foot-1-inch Burmese python during the first weekend of the 2016 Python Challenge wasn’t particularly scary for 69-year-old Jack Merwin, even though it was the biggest snake he had ever ...

MIAMI — A nationwide ban on importing four giant snake species or transporting them across state lines is costing reptile breeders, handlers, hobbyists and vendors millions and should be overturned, ...