Scientists sacrifice delicious opossums to fight Florida’s invasive pythons

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

Python blood could hold the secret to healthy weight loss

CU Boulder researchers have discovered an appetite-suppressing compound in python blood that helps the snakes consume enormous meals and go months without eating yet remain metabolically healthy. The ...
Medical Xpress

Pythons' feast-and-famine life hints at new weight loss pathway

Pythons don't nibble. They chomp, squeeze, and swallow their prey whole in a meal that can approach 100% of their body weight. But even as they slither stealthily around the forest, months or even a ...
The Cincinnati Enquirer

Cash for pythons: Program celebrates another productive month

Florida's Python Elimination Program pays certified hunters to remove the invasive snakes from the Everglades. Burmese pythons have caused a severe decline in native small mammal populations in South ...
WPBF

PYTHON BE GONE: New efforts to combat Florida's python problem

FORTUNATELY, NOBODY WAS INJURED. CONTROLLING THE PYTHON POPULATION HERE IN FLORIDA, GOVERNOR DESANTIS SPOKE IN STUART TODAY ABOUT SOME NEW ACTIONS THE STATE PLANS TO TAKE TO CONTROL THE GROWTH OF ...
People

Fla. Temperatures Dropped to Dangerous Numbers for Reptiles, But the State's Invasive Pythons Are Hanging On

Burmese pythons have reportedly found a way to adapt to cold snaps in Florida Gabrielle Rockson is a Writer-Reporter for PEOPLE. She joined PEOPLE in 2023 and covers entertainment and human interest ...
Palm Beach Post

Python in Florida woman's backyard a sign of their movement to urban areas

Experts believe the snakes may be dispersing from the Everglades as their population grows, using connected waterways as highways. While not considered an overwhelming threat to humans, pythons can ...
The News-Press

This is what happens when a GoPro camera is attached to a python

Burmese pythons are an invasive species causing destruction in the Florida Everglades. The snakes have contributed to the decline of several small mammal populations. Estimates place the Burmese ...
Washington Examiner

Florida removes unprecedented number of invasive pythons in 2025

Fashion trend forecasters should flag snake skin as the next big thing in the Sunshine State. The invasive Burmese python, which has been terrorizing the natural wildlife of the Florida Everglades for ...
WFTV

748 pythons removed in record-breaking capture from Florida’s Everglades

STUART, Fla. — Governor Ron DeSantis announced a record-breaking removal of invasive Burmese pythons from Florida’s Everglades, with 294 pythons captured during the 2025 Florida Python Challenge. The ...
Cal Alumni Association

Are We Getting Self-Care Wrong?

Before you think about your answer, let me clarify: I’m specifically asking what self-care is—not how do you take care of yourself? It’s amazing that an entire industry has built up around ...
ABC7

2 pythons found abandoned off 210 Freeway in Monrovia

MONROVIA, Calif. (KABC) -- Two ball pythons were found abandoned in a crate just off the 210 Freeway in Monrovia. The snakes were brought into the Pasadena Humane Society last week, and officials ...