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

A Gaboon viper carefully stores its massive fangs by retracting them against the roof of its mouth until ready to strike.

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

A pet snake in Chicago stunned its owner by befriending a live rat placed in its terrarium at feeding time. Remarkable ...

The opossums wear collars that send a signal to researchers when the mammal is eaten, revealing the snake's location.

In a new study published in the journal Animals, we argue weight management in pets often fails because we view it too ...

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

Mistaken euthanasia during a python crackdown led to graphic scenes new state rules and a long legal fight over a rare ...

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 ...

And now we consider pythons. It is usually best to keep our distance from these sometimes deadly creatures, but a group of researchers say these snakes may hold secrets that could help us live longer ...