The Burmese python's already elusive nature has proven difficult for scientists to track; it can't be lured out of hiding like a pet snake. Its interbreeding with the Indian python has only made ...

Scientists have discovered a small percentage of these big, invasive snakes in South Florida are practically a breed of their own.

The Indian python was once considered a subspecies of the Burmese python. Now that the former is recognized as its own distinct species, it faces endangerment.

Indian pythons (Python molurus) are larger than native Florida snakes and typically reach 10 feet in length and weigh nearly 30 pounds. Both snakes are native to Asia ― the Burmese found more in ...

What started out as a straightforward genetic study of Florida’s invasive python population has turned up a surprising plot twist: a small number of crossbred Burmese and Indian pythons with the ...