During feeding a Burmese python’s liver and kidney double in weight, and its heart increases 40 per cent (Dr Stephen Secor) On a cold, grey winter day, Stephen Secor pulled into the driveway of David ...

The origins of Florida’s python crisis lie in the exotic pet trade of the 1980s and 1990s. These snakes were initially sold ...

Snakes aren't the only invaders threatening ecosystems. In many neighborhoods, invasive plants can be an equal menace.

Burmese pythons are an invasive species in Florida, causing significant declines in native small mammal populations. Originally introduced through the pet trade, the wild python population in the ...

Burmese pythons swallow their prey whole and can even digest bones. However, until now, it was unclear how exactly these giant snakes accomplish this. Photo: Getty Images Burmeese pythons are among ...

Martin "Marty" Bone, 64, was slapped with nearly two dozen charges in connection to exotic animals and pets on Friday. Police said 10 of the snakes were longer than 10 feet and the others were a ...

The snake, thought to be an albino Burmese python, was found by council workers in Grimsby, Lincolnshire on Monday morning. It is believed the snake was most likely a household pet that has died and ...

A widow has overcome her lifelong phobia of snakes - by adopting a nine foot long Burmese python. Rosie Kin, 63, was terrified of snakes until her daughter Rachel Kin, 33, moved in with her last year ...

This is the shocking moment blood pours from a snake handler's face after a three-foot-long python strikes at his eye. In the footage Nick Bishop, 32, a reptile enthusiast from Los Angeles who calls ...

Burmese pythons, one of the largest snake species in the world, could be the most destructive invasive animal in Florida Everglades history. They can swim, burrow and climb trees, and they eat almost ...