"It's never safe to handle a snake that big with no one around in case of emergency." ...

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 ...

Burmese pythons are an invasive species in Florida, originally introduced through the pet trade. While not venomous, a bite from a Burmese python can be painful and cause significant bleeding. Florida ...

Online warning issued: An aspiring Burmese python owner was told by commenters that solo handling is unsafe and emergency devices like Tasers are ineffective. Risks of large snakes: Even nonaggressive ...

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 ...

Opossums are common prey for pythons.