Pythons are spreading north in Florida, adapting to cold by using burrows. Scientists warn Brevard County is at risk.

This Instagram post of a Burmese python eating a 77-pound white-tailed deer is quite horrifying. It teaches us a lot about the power of these incredible but invasive reptiles. At the same time, it ...

New research suggests python blood could hold the key to a new weight-loss drug, as the snake metabolite suppresses appetites in mice. It is the appetite-suppressing compound in python blood that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. African rock pythons are powerful constrictors capable of swallowing prey much wider than their heads. Horned antelope like ...

Wild predators must regularly hunt or forage to survive. While many animals graze or scavenge, large constrictor snakes rely on overpowering and swallowing prey whole. But even experienced predators ...

A python hunter captured a nearly 17-foot, 202-pound snake in the Florida Everglades. While it is legal to eat python meat in Florida, health officials strongly advise against it. Testing has revealed ...

Enormous freshwater reservoir discovered off the East Coast may be 20,000 years old and big enough to supply NYC for 800 years Watch the moment Vonn is airlifted after crash in final downhill race ...

I’m lucky to live a few minutes from the biggest pond on the Cape – Long Pond, whose more than 700 acres touch both Brewster and Harwich. With the cold, old-school early winter we’ve had, the pond has ...