Fresh footage from the South Florida Everglades is making scientists rethink just how formidable invasive Burmese pythons can be. Biologists say the species' jaw structure allows for an extreme mouth ...
For new discoveries, everyday mysteries, and the science behind the headlines, follow NPR's Short Wave podcast. When Skip Maas first adopted Agrapina, a mottled ball python, she hadn't eaten in 14 ...
The Burmese python has become a symbol of two completely different conservation battles. In Florida, wildlife managers search ...
The annual Florida Python Challenge offers cash prizes to hunters for removing invasive Burmese pythons from the Everglades. Pythons are ambush predators that use constriction to kill prey by cutting ...
Wildlife researchers in the Everglades are using one Burmese python to help find another. Scientists at the University of ...