They hunt in a nightmarish way ― grabbing prey as it passes. Once secured with a bite, pythons wrap their bodies around their prey and crush them.

During severe cold weather, iguanas in Florida may be cold-stunned — a paralysis that can cause the reptiles to fall from their perches in trees.

Florida's Burmese pythons have reached a level of lore in Florida that perhaps no other animals have held in the state. They're the ultimate of swamp monsters. Pythons are gigantic predators from ...

Burmese pythons are an invasive species in Florida that have significantly impacted the native mammal population. The python population likely became established after escaping breeding facilities ...