They're capable of a powerful bite that can cause nasty injuries. And now scientists say that pythons should be on the menu - at least for those of us wanting to do our bit to help save the planet.

Snakes: They’re what’s for dinner. Or they could be, if Florida scientists determine that it’s safe to put snakes on a plate. The effort is part of the state’s ongoing attempt to cull pythons, an ...

Florida is unfortunately home to a lot of uninvited guests — especially invasive species. But there might be another way to control their rapidly increasing populations. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...

Florida officials struggling to cull the Burmese python population have come up with novel way to control the invasive species. The snakes, which can often grow to be as long as 20 feet, have been ...

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 ...

The predator might soon become the prey if Florida scientists can confirm that Burmese pythons -- an extremely invasive species in the Everglades -- are safe for us to eat. The Florida Fish and ...

A month after Donald Trump and his allies pushed baseless claims that Haitian migrants in Ohio were eating cats and dogs, biologists in Florida are warning that giant snakes there are, in fact, eating ...

Editor's note: This story originally published in 2024. Python hunter Bayo Hernandez prefers his snake ground up like hamburger meat with ketchup, mustard, and mayo. Another hunter fancies the ...