Photo Credit: iStock A viral video from the Everglades is putting new focus on a disturbing part of Florida's python problem.

Wildlife researchers have found an unconventional way to help control invasive Burmese pythons in the Florida Everglades – by using one of the snakes’ favorite prey. Opossums are a key food source for ...

A California ball python was captured at an In-N-Out Burger 50 miles from her home. While Florida has ball pythons, our challenge is dealing with the much larger Burmese pythons. Sometimes a mouse won ...

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A ball python, also called the royal python, is a less troublesome cousin to the Burmese, and has been eating its way through the Everglades for decades. Ball pythons are native to west sub Saharan ...

Florida's invasive Burmese python may have met its match with the opossum. USA TODAY Scientists in Florida have found an unexpected tool in the fight against invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades ...