Every year, Florida hosts the "Python Challenge." And every year, the 10-day event attracts hunters to the Everglades to help curb the invasive species. But some hunters capture the snakes year-round.

Average full-grown size is 16 feet, but the Florida record was a 19-foot, 250-pound female. They lay an average 49 eggs in ...

Pythons swallow deer, alligators and other prey whole. What they eat is limited in part by how big an animal they can wrap ...

What's the different between Burmese and ball pythons? Here are answers to five commonly asked questions about the slithering species. Unfortunately, you should not pack a big ol' Burmese python ...

It’s true, though rare: in Florida, where Burmese pythons are an invasive species, they’ve been known to eat alligators. In 2022, for instance, scientists dissected an 18-foot Burmese python that had ...

They lay an average 49 eggs in one nest, with an estimated 28.6% of hatchlings surviving to the juvenile stage. Large pythons have had as many as 79-95 eggs.