Mandy from The Reptile Zoo shares fun facts about Buttercup, an albino Burmese Python. Learn about their size, gentle nature, and restrictions due to the python ban.

What is a ball python snake? And why isn't this 'nice cousin' to the Burmese hunted in Florida? We explain the details.

1. Some Snakes Can “See” Heat Certain snakes, such as pit vipers, boas, and pythons, have specialized pit organs that essentially provide them with built-in thermal imaging technology. These ...

Burmese pythons, with their beautifully patterned skin, rapid growth rate, and generally docile disposition, may be best known as the large snake of choice among reptile owners.

"The snake probably was a pet that got too large to keep and too expensive to feed," Sheriff Lee Foster told Newsweek.

The giant invasive snakes quickly put a stranglehold on Florida's wildlife. Now scientists in the Everglades are turning them against one another.