Stock image of a Southern African Python. Thought to be the largest species of snake in Africa, one of these snakes got caught behind barbed wire, requiring snake catcher Nick Evans' assistance.

A more realistic danger is to South Florida’s environment, where nonnative species can consume wildlife, displace native predators and cause unpredictable changes to already stressed wild lands ...

As Africa's largest species of snake, the African rock python will eat just about anything, including goats (hooves and all) and antelopes, which can reach well over 100 pounds.

What is the python's No. 1 predator? FWC: In Florida, smaller pythons like hatchlings and juveniles are more susceptible than adults to become prey of native birds or mammals.

The African rock python typically has a “nastier disposition” than the Burmese python, said LeRoy Rodgers, a water district scientist. “These are animals that are hot predators, and now ...

Footage from South Africa has shown the horrifying moment a python consumed the carcass of an impala on a game reserve. The video, uploaded to YouTube on January 15, has clocked over 22,000 hits ...

Burmese pythons are invasive to southern Florida, thriving in where they eat everything and nothing eats them. A new study shows what eats juveniles.

Prince William and Prince Harry, whilst on a tour of Southern Africa, encountered a 5 metre African rock python at the Mokolodi Education Centre in Maun, Botswana. The Tusk Trust, of which HRH ...