5 Biological Traits That Make Snakes Devastating Invaders

Most headlines about invasive species focus on snakes. Burmese pythons in Florida, brown tree snakes in Guam, and Boa ...

Python vs boa constrictor: How these lookalike snakes differ in anatomy, behaviour, and habitat

It is easy to confuse the Boa constrictor and the Python due to their identical looks and manner of killing their prey. The ...
Sarasota Herald-Tribune

What eats Burmese pythons in Florida, Everglades? Do the invasive snakes eat alligators?

Thousands of invasive Burmese pythons are spread out across more than a thousand square miles of South Florida. The first record of a Burmese python in the Everglades was in 1979. Since then, they've ...
Treasure Coast Newspapers

A new way Burmese python researchers are learning how snakes affect the Florida Everglades

Researchers are tracking pythons with accelerometers to learn how they move and eat. Burmese pythons are connected with a 90% decrease in mammals in the Florida Everglades. Conservationists use ...