Green tree pythons and Emerald tree boas, although similar in appearance, belong to different species and regions. Emerald ...

NAPLES, Fla. — Invasive Burmese pythons have decimated native mammal populations in Florida's Greater Everglades ecosystem for years, but a new partnership aims to expand the battle against the ...

Florida’s invasive Burmese pythons can swallow native deer and alligators completely, according to a new study – as a jaw-dropping video showed one of the snakes taking down a deer in one gulp.

Burmese pythons can consume prey six times larger than some other snake species of similar size. This is the facing-view of the deer-eating snake's gape of 10.2 inches.

Local media also report that the snake involved is a reticulated python. These snakes are among some of the largest in the world, growing over 20 feet long and weighing more than a hundred pounds.

This pet is hiss-tory. A 13-foot Burmese python snake was relocated to a New York zoo after its owner admitted she was getting too big for him to care for.