Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A wildlife biologist next to a breeding ball; holding up a Burmese python. (Photographs courtesy Ian Bartoszek / Conservancy of ...

Snakes have a reputation for being quick to strike, but several species rarely live up to that image. Breeders who work with ...

Wildlife biologist Ian Bartoszek examines the mating ball of pythons that was discovered in southwest Florida with the help of one male snake fitted with a tracking implant. Conservancy of Southwest ...

Photo Credit: iStock A viral video from the Everglades is putting new focus on a disturbing part of Florida's python problem.

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 ...

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.