Burmese pythons in Florida are the ultimate invasive swamp monster and have consumed a significant percentage of south Florida's mammals.

Smaller pythons feed on small mammals such as rats, but larger snakes switch to prey such as pigs, deer and even domestic dogs and cats. Attacks on humans are not common, though do happen ...

A Georgia man who blew up a woman’s home and planned to sic a python on her child will spend 20 years in federal prison. Stephen Glosser, 38, of Savannah, was sentenced last week to 240 months ...

A Georgia man who pleaded guilty to bombing a woman's home in a bizarre plot that included conspiring to "release a large python into the victim's home to eat the victim's daughter," was sentenced ...

Most attacks take place when humans intrude ... Since they are non-venomous constrictors, reticulated pythons kill their prey by suffocation instead of injecting venom. When they catch prey ...

In addition to identifying python hot spots, researchers found the optimal time of day and the best time of year for hunting the invasive snake.

Pythons, non-venomous constrictors, can capture larger prey like monkeys. Despite their differences, king cobras hold an advantage in speed and lethal bite. King cobras and pythons are two of the ...

Burmese pythons have few predators and prey on native species, eating just about anything from field mice to deer. "Burmese pythons are hard to find due to their cryptic coloration and secretive ...