Strapped to Billy Bullard's hip was a machete he'd bought at a yard sale. In his fist were 4-foot-long metal snake tongs. Attached to the tongs was a high-resolution waterproof camera he called a "snake-cam."

Biology - Ecology

Feb 27, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0

Hundreds of hunters spent a month combing Florida's Everglades for Burmese pythons, in the end capturing and killing 68 of the slithery, invasive reptiles, organizers said.

Biology - Ecology

Feb 17, 2013 2.7 / 5 (3) 7

Fewer than 48 hours remain in Florida's Python Challenge, and the snake kill count is - wait for it - 50. Same as it was Tuesday.

Biology - Ecology

Feb 11, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 3

UK-led scientists have made a discovery about snake venom that could lead to the development of new drugs to treat a range of life-threatening conditions like cancer, diabetes and high blood pressure.

Chemistry - Biochemistry

Sep 19, 2012 3 / 5 (1) 0 |

A monster Burmese python captured in the Everglades has broken the state size record, stretching 17 feet, 7 inches, its belly bursting with 87 eggs, the University of Florida announced in August.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Sep 18, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 8

Some aliens arrived as stowaways. Others were brought in deliberately, for fun or profit. And others were so tiny that nobody noticed them until way too late.

Biology - Ecology

Aug 28, 2012 4 / 5 (2) 3

University of Florida researchers curating a 17-foot-7-inch Burmese python, the largest found in Florida, discovered 87 eggs in the snake, also a state record.

Biology - Ecology

Aug 13, 2012 3.7 / 5 (3) 11 |

Smithsonian scientists and their colleagues have uncovered a new threat posed by invasive Burmese pythons in Florida and the Everglades: The snakes are not only eating the area's birds, but also the birds' ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 05, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

The red imported fire ant, one of the most horrifying of the foreign species that have established themselves in the United States, appears to be in retreat.

Biology - Ecology

Apr 04, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

A burgeoning population of huge pythons - many of them pets that were turned loose by their owners when they got too big - appears to be wiping out large numbers of raccoons, opossums, bobcats and other mammals ...

Biology - Ecology

Jan 30, 2012 4.3 / 5 (6) 8

The United States announced Tuesday it is banning the import of Burmese pythons and three other species of giant constrictor snakes due to the danger they pose to local wildlife.

Biology - Ecology

Jan 17, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 2

Invasive Burmese python hatchlings from the Florida Everglades can withstand exposure to salt water long enough to potentially expand their range through ocean and estuarine environments, according to research in the latest ...

Biology - Ecology

Jan 04, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of California, Davis, environmental and resource economist collaborated on a study that was the first to estimate the net benefits of screening potentially invasive wild animals, ...

Biology - Ecology

Aug 29, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from Denmark have used CT scans and MRIs to see inside a python after it has swallowed a rat whole.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jul 05, 2010 5 / 5 (5) 0 |

Danish scientists have used Computer Tomography (CT) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) to investigate internal organs in animals including alligators, snakes and tarantulas.

Biology - Other

Jun 29, 2010 not rated yet 0