Researchers attach tracking devices to three-pound opossums, allowing them to track and capture pythons who eat them.

Florida alligators are opportunistic feeders with a wide-ranging diet. Invasive Burmese pythons are on the gator menu.

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

Chances are that you don't want to spot any reptiles at all. But here's a list of reptiles that you really, really don't want ...

Have any humans have been killed by Burmese pythons? What to know Florida's large, invasive residents and their ...

"Pythons are large-body snakes. They are constrictors. That means they're going to coil around their food in order to eat," ...

Some of Florida’s opossums may soon start dying for a noble cause. A few select marsupials fitted with tracking collars may ...

Docile, furry and cute to some, possums have become an unexpected ally in the effort to slow the invasion of Burmese pythons, a snake that has decimated ecosystems in Florida.

This week we celebrate Earth Day (April 22). This holiday was first celebrated in 1970. It is a great day to think about the beautiful environment surrounding us in Southwest Florida and how to ...

A python hunter captured the second heaviest Burmese python on record in Florida, weighing 202 pounds. The captured female python measured 16 feet, 10 inches long and was found in the Big Cypress ...