Florida alligators are opportunistic feeders with a wide-ranging diet. Invasive Burmese pythons are on the gator menu.

Florida has an estimated alligator population of 1.3 million, and their mating season is underway. Warmer temperatures raise an alligator's metabolism and drive to find food.. Alligators are ...

Editor's note: This story originally published in 2024. Python hunter Bayo Hernandez prefers his snake ground up like hamburger meat with ketchup, mustard, and mayo. Another hunter fancies the ...

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 ...

Florida is unfortunately home to a lot of uninvited guests — especially invasive species. But there might be another way to control their rapidly increasing populations. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...

Wild predators must regularly hunt or forage to survive. While many animals graze or scavenge, large constrictor snakes rely on overpowering and swallowing prey whole. But even experienced predators ...