Ian Bartoszek (right) and research partner Ian Easterling hold up a large female python located by tracking one of their male scout snakes. These male pythons are used to help locate the big females ...

Tracking a single male python through protected wetlands led biologists to one of the largest breeding females captured this year.

FLORIDA EVERGLADES, Fla. — Biologists said an unusual animal death deep in the Florida Everglades led to a positive surprise. Officials said they found a 13-foot python dead, and they want to know how ...

The famous quote from the movie Jaws is "You're gonna need a bigger boat." This line is spoken by Chief Martin Brody (played by Roy Scheider) to Quint (played by Robert Shaw) during the film. The line ...

A resident of Brisbane, Australia, woke after feeling something resting on her stomach. When she reached out, she was shocked ...

— -- Giant Burmese pythons have already established themselves across thousands of square miles of Florida's Everglades, where outdoor workers now routinely find them. The state had held out hope ...