Researchers were analyzing the tail tissue from roughly 400 Burmese pythons captured between 2001 and 2012 across a wide area, from southwest Florida to the Everglades, when they made the ...

The third species, a Python brongersmai, commonly known as Brongersma's short-tailed python is the smaller of the three. The non-venomous snake endemic can grow up to 3.2 feet and is most active ...

A group of researchers discovered the hybrids when analyzing tail tissue from 426 Burmese pythons collected between 2001 and 2012 in southern Florida, including in the Everglades.

Two exotic snakes, worth more than $10,000 each on the black market, have been handed over to Western Australia's Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC).

New hybrid pythons discovered in southern Florida could be stronger and more adaptable to their environment than their nonhybrid relatives. The curious pythons are, genetically speaking, mostly ...