These Florida lakes are known to host more snakes. Any near you?

As Floridians enjoy the early summer weather outside, they might want to be aware of our slithery neighbors also enjoying the ...

How to tell native Florida snakes apart from young Burmese pythons

Burmese pythons are fairly distinct once they reach adulthood. But smaller members of the species can be mistaken for native ...

Not all snakes slither: Scientists explain the strange straight-line movement of some species

People usually assume that all snakes move with serpentine locomotion, using S-shaped movements to propel themselves. However ...

Opossums vs. Pythons: Inside Florida's Unusual Strategy for Fighting Invasive Snakes

Florida scientists are using opossums to secretly track invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades-and it's working.

Possums vs. pythons: How Florida’s only marsupial became a weapon against invasive snakes

KEY LARGO — Biologists A.J. Sanjar and Michael Cove part a curtain of vegetation and stride into the shadows of a dense forest in Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge to check on a line of possum ...