The expression “so hungry I could eat a horse” might not be just a figure of speech — for the Burmese python, at least.

A Florida woman caught 60 snakes in the state's annual 10-day challenge to eliminate the invasive Burmese python species wreaking havoc with the Everglades ecosystem. More than 900 people participated ...

Biologists studied Burmese pythons to see just how wide the snakes could gape their jaws to swallow large prey.

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 ...