Florida is home to a whopping 1.3 million alligators and mating season is underway. During breeding season, male gators become more aggressive and cover more ground in search of a mate or because a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. There have been multiple documented incidents where large ...

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 ...

Our baby snake still has not eaten on its own! Now it lost some weight. We need to get in a meal before it’s too late! Posted ...

Pythons have famously cartoonish eating habits, and they might be even better at it than we thought. A new study has found that Burmese pythons can eat even larger prey than was thought mathematically ...

A 15-foot Burmese python was caught swallowing a “full-sized” deer in Southwest Florida, proving the invasive apex predators are ambushing and eating bigger prey. The python was 115 pounds and the ...

The invasive species is wreaking havoc on South Florida's ecosystem. The scale at which the Burmese python is able to decimate the native wildlife population in South Florida continues to astonish ...